Book excerpt: Ephraim Anderson's time in the First Missouri Confederate Brigade left him bitter and in broken health. Yet he penned a fascinating look at life inside the Rebel army on the march and during the siege of Vicksburg, one of the most important campaigns of the war.With humor, keen observation, and an unreconstructed view of the conflict, Anderson's book is a highly-readable account of his brigade's history and his personal experiences.Every memoir of the American Civil War provides us with another view of the catastrophe that changed the country forever.