An Eye for Glory

Author: Karl A. Bacon
Edition: 1st
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 0310322022

An Eye for Glory: The Civil War Chronicles of a Citizen Soldier

Michael palmer is a good man, a family man.

But honor and duty push him to leave his comfortable life and answer the call from Abraham Lincoln to fight for his country. This 'citizen soldier' learns quickly that war is more than the battle on the field. Long marches under extreme conditions, illness, and disillusionment challenge at every turn. Faith seems lost in a blur of smoke and blood ... and death. Michael's only desire is to kill as many Confederate soldiers as he can so he can go home. He coldly counts off the rebels that fall to his bullets. Until he is brought up short by a dying man holding up his Bible. It's in the heat of battle at Gettysburg and the solemn aftermath that Michael begins to understand the grave cost of the war upon

An Eye for Glory

But honor and duty push him to leave his comfortable life and answer the call from Abraham Lincoln to fight for his country. This 'citizen soldier' learns quickly that war is more than the battle on the field. Long marches under extreme conditions, illness, and disillusionment challenge at every turn. Faith seems lost in a blur of smoke and blood
It's in the heat of battle at Gettysburg and the solemn aftermath that Michael begins to understand the grave cost of the war upon

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