A Critique

A Critique In the book Civil War in the Ozarks, the authors, Phillip W. Steele and Steve Cottrell, describe life’s perils and strategies during the Civil War in the Ozarks of Arkansas and Missouri. Both authors have a rich family background with the Civil War. Phillip W. Steele’s family fought on the Confederate side of the war and Steve Cottrell’s family fought for the Union forces. With both authors having common interest …

…the book that reads as follows: “To the memory of our ancestors and early Ozark families who fought, died, and endured the hardships of the great Civil War and the contribution they made toward building the Ozark society we enjoy today”. (p5) It gave me a feeling of gratitude to the men and women that helped to lay down the foundation of our country. This country I so dearly love, The United States of America.