Call Forth the Mighty Men

Call Forth The Mighty Men opens with a simple proclamation from the Third Chapter of Joel: Proclaim ye this among the Gentiles; prepare war, wake up the mighty men, let all the men of war draw near; let them come up; beat your plough shares into swords, and your pruning-hooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong. If the word Southerners could be substituted for Gentiles, the pre-war atmosphere of Confederate Tennessee would be adequately described. The soldier, being only one of the many components of war, has left us a written record, lost for over a hundred years until compiled in this work. Not to be ignored are those who fought to survive the rigors of war at home. Through the diaries of many of our Civil War citizens, they relive to tell us their story.