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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