April 1961 Issue [The Editor’s Easy Chair] The sure ’nuff truth about the Civil War Download PDF Adjust Share by John Fischer, This article is only available as a PDF to subscribers. Download PDF Tags 19th century Biography Civil War, 1861-1865 Confederate States of America Grandfathers History Humor Personal narratives United States More from John Fischer Ugliness and Tension The question for the arriving generation is not whether our society is imperfect (we can take that for granted), but how to deal with that imperfection. So far as I… From “Letter from Leete’s Island Field notes on the manners, morals, and customs of the Connecticut Yankee," January 1969 From “Letter to a new leftist, from a tired liberal,” March 1966 Adjust Share