Randolph McKim
(1842–1920)

While serving in the Confederate army, Randolph McKim wrote his observations of a soldier's life never suspecting that his diaries would someday be put into print. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, McKim left the University of Virginia just before his 19th birthday to join the Army of Northern Virginia. He served under generals Joseph Johnston, Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, and Brigadier General George H. Steuart. Following the devastating battle of Gettysburg, in which he led a Confederate advance on Culp's Hill, McKim left the war but returned in 1864 as an army chaplain. McKim published his diaries in 1910 in A Soldier's Recollections, hoping to set down " the mind and the life of the Confederate soldier as they were while the struggle was going on," and to give his readers a "better understanding of the spirit of the epoch." A combination of his diaries and his final recollections of the war, the book describes a typical Confederate soldier's experiences as well as McKim's unique experiences at Gettysburg.

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