A Journal Containing an Accurate and Interesting Account of the Hardships, Sufferings, Battles, Defeats, and Captures of the Heroic Kentucky Volunteers and Regulars under General Winchester in the Years 1812-13, by Elias Darnell, is a valuable record of the history of American military struggles during Wars of 1812. This book recreates vivid and compelling narratives of the ordeals and victories that the soldiers had to endure during this difficult period. In addition, the book also presents two narratives, the authors of which are the participants of the events themselves, which gives readers the opportunity to look at the events from the inside, through the prism of personal experiences. "A Journal Containing an Accurate and Interesting Account of the Hardships, Sufferings, Battles, Defeats, and Captures of the Heroic Kentucky Volunteers and Regulars, Commanded by General Winchester, in the Years 1812-13," is not only a historical sketch, but full of patriotism and devotion to the country