Most of the story circles around a rifleman named Bushrod Carter, although sometimes it goes off on tangents following other characters' backstories. This piece of historical fiction serves two purposes - one more southern novel, but one that takes a very intimate and specific look at a small group of Confederate soldiers surrounding the events of the battle in Franklin, TN, in November 1864. This book was selected for the December read for the On the Southern Literary Trail Group, one I joined intentionally to have greater exposure to southern lit. Most of the time, I get mistaken for a Southerner, but I always feel like I should know more about the history. Since moving to the south, it has become more clear how very recent events like this war were, and everything seems related to it in some way. Fur trade, Oregon trail, Native Americans. Growing up in the northwest, the Civil War / War Between the States/ War of Northern Aggression gets a brief mention, but classtime tended to focus on local history. The Black Flower: A Novel of the Civil War by Howard Bahr
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