America's Civil War

Milton S. Littlefield

  Milton Smith Littlefield Jr. simply couldn’t shake whenever speaking before an audience. Though well-respected, the Presbyterian minister and editor of hymn books agonized about being recognized as the son of Civil War General Milton Smith Littlefield. The younger Little-field did what he could to squash this controversial legacy, even tearing out, upon his father’s death,

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