I believe that while some want to erase history it cannot be done. However, 155 years later that war’s memory is still divisive. It is well written and is based on historic events. This historical novel tells a story of a southern woman who later became an American. I don’t imagine the book will be sought out much this summer. In the current political climate, I didn’t have any trouble getting a copy of the book from the library. All Confederate dead, laid out by state and unit, with each of their names listed for their families to visit the grave their loved one. Their graves were tended by Carrie until she passed away in 1905, and are now cared for by the Daughters of the Confederacy. Today Carrie’s preserved home is the site of the largest private cemetery in the country where over 1400 souls are buried. Hundreds of soldiers were cared for by the family and the army orderlies and surgeons. The Confederate army used her home as a hospital. Carrie and her home were unfortunate to end up sitting only a few hundred yards from the Civil War Battle of Franklin Tennessee.
This novel is based on the true story of Carrie McGavock who gave of herself for the benefit of others selflessly her entire life.
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