"The Sixteenth Tennessee Infantry is one of the most documented regiments of the southern Confederacy in the American Civil War. For this reason, this regiment was selected to portray the everyday life of Confederate soldiers through one of the toughest struggles in American history. Included are photos, illustrations, maps and a day to day biography of the regiment as a whole. This will not only chronicle the story of the Sixteenth Regiment, but also be of invaluable aid to other researchers as to the lives of the men with whom the Sixteenth was brigaded with from the commencement of the war till its close."--From the Preface to the series.