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“... give a man all the comforts in the world and deprive him of his
liberty & what is he?— a poor miserable being ...” Ohio Valley 1861 to 1865: Americans killing Americans. Washington
politicians and generals believe that the Civil War will end in one
hundred days.
David Longacher enlists. Once he arrives
at camp, he is already longing for home. Only the mail keeps him in
touch with his beloved family and dear friends. His odyssey will be
long and perilous. He carries with him a diary, which will become
his shield and sword.
After training, he and his company march
off to the Wilderness in Virginia, the same battleground his cousin,
Charles Allen, is fighting in but on the Confederacy’s side.
David is wounded in the Battle of the
Wilderness. His company, on the orders of General Grant, marches on
to Monocacy Junction to ward off the Rebs who are attempting to
capture the White House.
David is wounded a second time. General
Early’s Confederate Army retreats from Monocacy Junction drawing the
Union Army further south. Part of General Grant’s Army of the
Potomac surrenders. David and his comrades are captured. At Danville
Prison, David discovers that more soldiers die from smallpox and
dysentery than in battle. He helplessly witnesses men reach their
highest levels of depredation. The prisoners survive on fouled rations. The
prison lacks heat. The crowded conditions force them to step over
one another. Without latrine privileges, the floor where they sleep
is covered with their own bodily waste. David’s diary entries become
his will to live.
Part One of this novel is “The Story.”
Part Two is “The Diary.” Many books on the Civil War are from the
writings of Generals, politicians, and historians.
Cry Uncle, Sumbody
is from the writings of a common foot soldier. |
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