It was the spring of 1864, and things were not going well for the Confederacy, so a secret program was launched . . . If this program had worked, it would have changed the course of American history--and damned us all to hell. In the words of respected Civil War author Larry J. Daniel, "If you're looking for Gone with the Wind, this is not your book " Includes afterwords that help the reader understand the full implications of the story and explore little-known aspects of American history referenced there.