The widow of the south

By Hicks, Robert

Subjects: Fiction, war & military, Plantation life, Hospitals, Cemeteries, Fiction, Casualties, Tennessee, fiction, History, Plantation owners' spouses, Franklin, Battle of, Franklin, Tenn., 1864

Description: A story based on the true experiences of a Civil War heroine finds Carrie McGavock witnessing the bloodshed of the Battle of Franklin, falling in love with a wounded man, and dedicating her home as a burial site for fallen soldiers.