Tent Fire and Cotton Field: Southern Adventures in Wartime. Life with the Union Armies and a Plantation in Louisiana is a fascinating book written by Thomas Wallace Knox. In his work, the author talks about his impressions and observations during his stay in the South during the American Civil War. It describes life with the Union armies in action, and provides a unique insight into the realities of peasant life on a Louisiana plantation, revealing the traditions and idiosyncrasies of that time and place. This book will be of interest to both Civil War historians and anyone interested in American history and culture."