THE FORGOTTTEN CONFEDERATE SENTRY: A COLLECTION OF THREE SHORT STORIES ABOUT THE CIVIL WAR - Softcover

Hoffman, Dan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0595466249 ISBN 13: 9780595466245

Publisher: iUniverse, 2007

Synopsis

The Civil War was a flashpoint in the history of America. This volume is a collection of three stories that show the commitment and valor of those young people who fought and died experiencing the horrors of war.The Forgotten Confederate Sentry is a story told by the ghost of a rebel soldier to a cadre of Union soldiers buried alongside him in a small rural Pennsylvania cemetery. As he has stood sentry duty for almost 140 years, he tells them of his love for his retarded younger brother and the promises he made to him as they fought valiantly along side of one another at the battle of Antietam.Mattie Anderson tells the story of a young girl from Illinois who joins up with a local Union regiment, hiding her femininity in the guise of a young man, in order to seek her older brother whom she believes joined the rebel army. She ultimately carries a secret message back to her commanding officer that contributes to the end of the war.The third story is a true story of a young Pennsylvanian Union officer, Andrew Gregg Tucker, a graduate of what is now Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, who brings glory and honor to his name through his heroic death at the battle of Gettysburg.

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About the Author

Dan Hoffman is a retired professor of Biology from Bucknell University. He and his wife Marcia have three adult children. He is the author of three other iUniverse novels: La Salle County, Eddie?s Quest and Duxbury College.

Edition details

• Publisher: iUniverse
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0595466249
• ISBN 13: 9780595466245
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 144