The Fremantle Diary

by Walter Lord

First published 2012

April 1865. As the Civil War rages, Walter Lord's diary offers a firsthand account of the final weeks in Fremantle, the last stronghold of the Confederacy. Amidst the chaos of defeat, a young clerk named Thomas must navigate the shifting loyalties and desperate measures of those around him. From the fall of Richmond to the surrender at Appomattox, Thomas's journal bears witness to the South's last, fragile grasp on its dream of independence.

Genres: american-civil-war, american-fiction, historical-fiction, 19th-century

Vibes: atmospheric, emotional, suspenseful

Tropes: historical-fiction, war

Setting: Fremantle, Richmond, Appomattox

Period: April 1865

304 pages · ebook · Open Road Media

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