When the Missouri Ran Red: A Novel of the Civil War (Jim Woodward -F) book bag beginning with character assassination by

beginning with character assassination by his contemporaries after the war and

the crusade was expanded to establish a home in Gettysburg for orphans of deceased soldiers

The stories of individuals--storekeepers

From ash trees to willows

believed to have been fired from the Farnsworth House

When the Missouri Ran Red: A Novel of the Civil War (Jim Woodward -F) book bag beginning with character assassination byAutumn, 1864. Rebel bushwhackers have seized and looted a small town in Missouri. Wounded and left for dead by his half brother, seventeen year old Owen Wainwright is captured and conscripted by the Confederate Army. As the troops blacksmith, he witnesses the horrors of war firsthand: the savagery of General Selbys Iron Brigade, the massacres of Union troops, the bloody battles at Lexington, Westport, and Mine Creek. Against all odds, Owen survives