In this typescript (written at his daughter's often repeated request to know something of my war history) W. R. Boggs recounts his service as a Confederate officer during the Civil War. He begins his narrative with his departure from the U. S. Army at the start of the conflict and continues on to describe his service as head of the Confederate Ordnance Bureau, as Colonel and Chief Engineer of the Georgia State Forces, as a staff officer for General E. Kirby Smith (during which time he participated in the invasion of Kentucky and was promoted to Brigadier-General), and as Chief of Staff in the Trans-Mississippi Department. He also mentions his capture and parole at the end of the war and expresses his continuing belief in the Confederate cause. Included with this typescript are several photocopied obituaries for General Boggs that appeared in various southeastern newspapers.