Monday, October 25, 2021

The Widow of the South--#72 finished

 An interesting historical fiction based on a true part of the Civil War.  In one of the last battles of the war, the South in TN came upon the Union in Franklin, TN.  A bloody charge and battle happened.  A southern style mansion was close by and became a Confederate hospital that lasted for months I guess as the soldiers recovered.  Some recovered and left quickly and others once recovered the Union came & took to a prison camp for the remaining few months of the war.  The lady/family of this house nursed the sick and then eventually donated land and had bodies moved a few years after the war to a cemetery there on the land next to the house.  She wrote letters to family all during this time and this is now basically a historical landmark.  The author took this story and wove a fictional account of what this was like.  Interesting read and interesting characters.

I have posted it on PBS, there are 2 copies ahead of it for the hardback and probably a few paperbacks.  Not sure it will move anytime soon but never know.

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