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I wouldn’t put this at the level of The Killer Angels or Shelby Foote’s three volume The Civil War but it was entertaining
Historical fiction from Faulkner
It starts out fairly humorous but gets progressively more grim. Kind of like the South’s story during The Civil War.

Not one of Faulkner’s major works but I’ve read all of his major works so this will have to do.
It’s seven interrelated short stories, the first five of which are set during the US Civil War in Yonawhatever County, Mississippi. The first few stories started out fairly humorous but with foreshadowing that darker events were on the horizon.
I finished up the fifth story last night and the war finally ended but things did in fact get much grimmer, but then you expect such things with Faulkner.
I should finish the last two stories today and may watch the movie Gettysburg on DVD at some point today or tomorrow. Or pick up Shelby Foote’s Civil War trilogy and read up on Bedford Forrest since he gets a few mentions in the book.
I wouldn’t rank this anywhere near even my least favorite major Faulkner works but it is an entertaining read and he does a nice job with the Civil War setting and a few memorable characters.