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James H. (James Harvey) Wood
A former Confederate officer and Virginia Military Institute cadet, he wrote a vivid firsthand account of Stonewall Jackson’s campaigns and the 37th Virginia Infantry. His memoir preserves the perspective of a soldier who saw the Civil War up close and later turned those memories into a detailed personal narrative.
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The War; "Stonewall" Jackson, His Campaigns and Battles, the Regiment as I Saw Them
by James H. (James Harvey) Wood
About the author
Born in Scott County, Virginia, James Harvey Wood is generally identified in historical and library records as having lived from 1842 to 1917. He attended the Virginia Military Institute, left during the Civil War, and served with the 37th Virginia Infantry, eventually becoming a captain.
Wood is remembered chiefly for The War; "Stonewall" Jackson, His Campaigns and Battles, the Regiment as I Saw Them, a memoir drawn from his own service. Rather than offering a distant overview, the book focuses on the regiment’s experiences and on Jackson’s campaigns as Wood witnessed them, giving readers a direct and personal view of Confederate military life.
Because his surviving published work is so closely tied to his wartime service, Wood’s place in history is less as a literary figure than as a memoirist and eyewitness. For readers interested in Civil War firsthand accounts, his writing remains valuable for its immediacy, detail, and strong sense of lived experience.