In the Shadow of Death

The authors present a first-person memoir combining personal antecedents, battlefield engagements, wounds and capture, a military court-martial, and the circumstances that led to surrender, interspersed with reflections on the character of their people and accounts of uprisings and war incidents; chapters group events and observations rather than a diary, and portraits, diagrams, and episodes illustrate operations, hardships, and legal and moral dilemmas experienced during their campaign, while the narrative aims to reconcile opposing sides and explain wartime conduct.