Invalid Ga. teen left fascinating diary

LeRoy Wiley Gresham's short, painful life in Macon, Ga., ended about the same time as the Civil War, but he left behind a legacy treasured by historians. Starting in 1860 at the age of 12, a few months before Georgia seceded from the Union, he started keeping a diary and did it almost daily until his death on June 18, 1865, two months after Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered at Appomattox, Virginia. Now, for the first time, the diary has been put in book form, called "The War Outside My Window." It will be available on Amazon beginning Friday. • Macon Telegraph article | • Emerging Civil War review