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John C. (John Calvin) Reed
1836–1910
A Princeton-educated lawyer, Confederate veteran, and later Atlanta city councilman, he wrote about both courtroom practice and the Civil War. His best-known book, The Brothers' War, reflects the strong sectional views of a Southern memoirist writing decades after the conflict.
2 Audiobooks
The Brothers' War
by John C. (John Calvin) Reed
Creation of the Teton Landscape: The Geologic Story of Grand Teton National Park
by J. D. (John David) Love, John C. (John Calvin) Reed
About the author
Born in Georgia in 1836, John C. Reed studied at Princeton and went on to build a career in law. During the Civil War he served in the 8th Georgia Volunteers, and after the war he returned to legal work and later served on the Atlanta city council.
Reed wrote on both law and history. His legal works include Practical Suggestions for the Management of Law-Suits and Conduct of Lawsuits Out of and in Court, books aimed at working lawyers and courtroom practice. He is also remembered for The Brothers' War (1905), a long reflection on the causes and meaning of the Civil War from a former Confederate officer's point of view.
That mix of professional legal writing and deeply personal historical argument makes his work distinctive. For modern readers, his books offer not just information but a window into how an educated Southern veteran and lawyer understood the world he had lived through.