Cannons roar. Musket-rifles send bullets whizzing through the air above Alex McPhail's head, but not once does he regret leaving Florida to fight for the preservation of the Union. In dispute with his father over 'States' Rights', he walks away from a life of wealth and privilege. Instead, he meets death, hunger, disease, battle fatigue, and sometimes defeat. His inexperience and idealistic view of life matures as the Civil War drags on and he realizes...
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