Don’t Hurry Me Down to Hades

For four years American families on both sides of the Mason–Dixon Line were forced to endure the violence and hardship of the Civil War. Don’t Hurry Me Down to Hades is the story of these families, expertly crafted from their own words. Revealing the innermost thoughts of both famous citizens and men and women forgotten by history, esteemed Civil War historian Susannah J. Ural explores life on the battlefield and the home front, capturing the astonishing perseverance of the men and women caught up in this most brutal of conflicts.