Description:

Seventy five years after the Battle of Gettysburg on Little Round Top, John Alexander tells his story to his great-grandson. As a young man in Bath Maine he falls in love with Southern Belle Annabelle DeMaret. Civil war causes their separation, and this epic story follows her experiences in the South and his in the North. He joins the 2nd Maine Volunteer Regiment, is wounded, and mustered out. Later, he re-enlists with the 20th Maine. Before the Battle of Gettysburg, 120 mutineers of the 2nd Maine are impressed to serve with the 20th which has been reduced to about 280 men. Strengthened to 386 soldiers, the 20th Maine went on to glory at Little Round Top, considered the turning point in the Battle of Gettysburg and the Civil War. In this the maligned and little known 2nd Maine Regiments' contribution is recognized. The characters are fictional, but the underlying history is true. A moving epic romance story, it speaks of devotion one to another and to our Nation...