Abraham's Battle: A Novel of Gettysburg

Abraham's Battle: A Novel of Gettysburg by Sara Harrell Banks. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780689840463.

Abraham, an ex-slave, tries his best to prepare himself and the little girl in his charge for the Confederate soldiers who have begun filing into Gettysburg. When he comes face-to-face with a young Southern soldier, hes suspicious -- Lamar is, after all, the enemy. Once they begin discussing the war and the general state of events, though, the two find some common ground. They might be friends -- if Lamar wasnt from Georgia, and in Gettysburg to fight. When Lamar falls in battle, it is not one of his fellow soldiers who helps him off the battlefield -- it is Abraham. One friend helps another. Few had seen such courage and honesty in the Civil War, however, and Abrahams deed does not go unnoticed or unrewarded. He in fact receives the highest honor imaginable...