The Widow of the South (Large Print)

About this book

Based on a true story this debut Civil War novel follows a Southern plantation womans journey of transforming her home into a hospital for the war. This debut novel is based on the true story of Carrie McGavock. During the Civil Wars Battle of Franklin a five-hour bloodbath with 9 200 casualties McGavocks home was turned into a field hospital where four generals died. For 40 years she tended the private cemetery on her property where more than 1 000 were laid to rest.