Haunting and ghostly Novella from the Civil War Era based on the authors great grandfather, Pvt. Leonard B. McGrew, C.S.A.Known as an ornery and mean spirited man, L.B. McGrew was rumored to have killed a small boy for stealing food during the WarMoreHaunting and ghostly Novella from the Civil War Era based on the authors great grandfather, Pvt. Leonard B. McGrew, C.S.A.Known as an ornery and mean spirited man, L.B.
McGrew was rumored to have killed a small boy for stealing food during the War Between The States. Wounded in the knee and hip at Stones River, L.B. is sent to Rome, Ga. for medical treatment.There, he is informed the boy visited him while recuperating.Discharged and sent home because of his injuries, L.B. returns to Covington County Mississippi, starts a family, and becomes a farmer. Through the years, the boy continues appearing to relatives and friends.
Enraged and agitated, he refuses to listen to the stories.Until that is, his final days. It is on his deathbed that L.B. McGrew meets the boy again.Book purposely uses period slang.