Liddell's Record: St. John Richardson Liddell, Brigadier General, CSA Staff Officer and Brigade Commander Army of Tennessee

A prominent Louisiana planter and conspicuous combat leader in the Army of Tennessee, St. John Richardson Liddell traveled in the upper circles of the Confederate military and political high command. In 1866, he penned his memoirs for his sons. Liddell's judgment on why the Confederacy failed, offers blunt, often harsh criticisms of Confederate leadership and fellow soldiers rarely found in such personal accounts .