The Parting

A Story of West Point on the Eve of the Civil War

Fiction & Literature, Historical
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Author: Richard Barlow Adams ISBN: 9781483602264
Publisher: Xlibris US Publication: March 12, 2013
Imprint: Xlibris US Language: English
Author: Richard Barlow Adams
ISBN: 9781483602264
Publisher: Xlibris US
Publication: March 12, 2013
Imprint: Xlibris US
Language: English

It is July 18, 1861 in Winchester, Virginia. The Civil War has begun, and Lieutenant John Pelham, formerly of the West Point Class of 1861, is about to play a pivotal role in the First Battle of Bull Run. The confident Lieutenant Pelham bears little resemblance to the seventy-year-old who journeyed alone five years earlier from Jacksonville, Alabama, to West Point, New York, to attend the United States Military Academy. As he immerses himself in West Point, both Pelhams life and his beloved country see substantial change. While Pelham and his classmates witness the unraveling of the Union and the birth of the Confederacy, Pelham meets Clara Bolton, a Philadelphian belle who captures his heartall while Pelham and his compatriots are preparing for the reality of combat. Told against the backdrop of slavery and states rights, the Democratic and Republican Parties, the fire-eaters of the South and the abolitionists of the North, The Parting portrays how profoundly historical events divided West Points graduating class of 1861 on the eve of the Civil War, changing all of their lives forever.

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It is July 18, 1861 in Winchester, Virginia. The Civil War has begun, and Lieutenant John Pelham, formerly of the West Point Class of 1861, is about to play a pivotal role in the First Battle of Bull Run. The confident Lieutenant Pelham bears little resemblance to the seventy-year-old who journeyed alone five years earlier from Jacksonville, Alabama, to West Point, New York, to attend the United States Military Academy. As he immerses himself in West Point, both Pelhams life and his beloved country see substantial change. While Pelham and his classmates witness the unraveling of the Union and the birth of the Confederacy, Pelham meets Clara Bolton, a Philadelphian belle who captures his heartall while Pelham and his compatriots are preparing for the reality of combat. Told against the backdrop of slavery and states rights, the Democratic and Republican Parties, the fire-eaters of the South and the abolitionists of the North, The Parting portrays how profoundly historical events divided West Points graduating class of 1861 on the eve of the Civil War, changing all of their lives forever.

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