Ghosts of VicksburgWhen Jamie Carswell joins the 14th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment fighting in Vicksburg, Mississippi, he finds his cousin Althea living there, trying to make peace with her past while struggling to keep her family safe during the Union's siege. |
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Near Corinth October 1862 | 15 |
Vicksburg Mississippi | 29 |
The Holly Springs March Mississippi | 43 |
Copyright | |
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