Publisher's Synopsis
". . . a very promising start to an overdue series on the real Civil War . . . the point of view and voice are very well done . . . " Richard Slotkin, The Long Road to Antietam, 2 time National Book Award finalist.April, 1861, the country is on the verge of war and someone is killing the women of Harford while William Hanlin - State's Attorney, Mexican War veteran, watches his carefully constructed anonymity fray as he is swept back into a world he left abruptly years earlier.Bruce Catton meets Deadwood and Band of Brothers with a dash of John Grisham. William Hanlin's Civil War is rife with adventure, death, intrigue, disillusionment, military justice, bigotry, betrayal, sex, terrorism, cowardice, bravery, literacy, humor, philosophy, religion, madness, and, ultimately, redemption.
