Book excerpt: A YOUNG CONFEDERATE SOLDIER FROM GEORGIA IS EXPOSED TO THE TREMENDOUS POWER AND SUPPLIES OF THE UNION ARMY. HE CONCLUDES THE SOUTH CANNOT WIN AGAINST SUCH A FOE. AFTER SEEING THE CARNAGE AT THE ANTIETAM BATTLEFIELD, HE DECIDES TO SAVE HIS LIFE AND RETURN TO GEORGIA AND HIS LOVE HE LEFT BEHIND. ON HIS JOURNEY HOME HE ENCOUNTERS MANY KIND PEOPLE ALONG WITH DANGEROUS AND EXCITING THREATS THAT COULD END HIS LIFE.