Description
On July 9th, 1864, General William Tecumseh Sherman ordered the Brigadier General Joseph D. Webster to “Deport those civilians working for the Rebels. When they reach Nashville, have them sent north to the Ohio River and turned loose to make their way back where they won’t do us any harm.”
Upon entering Atlanta, General Sherman declared: “Any female working for the Confederate war effort will be sent as far north as Canada, penniless, and bereft of any support.”
Lorena, a Confederate General’s wife, is found working in an arms factory. She is soon thrown into the molten crucible called the Battle of Atlanta. Lorena is caught by General Sherman and sent to the Canadian border – and thus begins the odyssey of Lorena.
In this, his first book of the Civil War Trilogy, Ed Aronoff introduces us to Lorena Boykins Oakwood, and her misfortune of being in the wrong place at the wrong time. After her arrest, she is sent north by rail and left to make her way back home to Atlanta. In vivid detail, Aronoff describes the hardships she experiences, and her struggle to live with only the clothes on her back. You won’t want to put down this gripping tale of survival against unthinkable odds.
