A true story of Civil War intrigue . . .
Peggy's War [Paperback] - $19.95
PEGGY'S WAR is a meticulously researched novel that adheres closely to the true story of Margaret "Peggy" Rhodes and the young men she protected during the Civil War. She is a fiercely loyal Union woman living in the Shenandoah Valley, a region of Virginia that strongly supports the Confederacy. While her husband is slowly dying of consumption, Peggy conceals draft dodgers and deserters in a secret cellar under their bedroom floor. She does this while managing a farm, raising five children, and serving as a postmaster for the underground railroad run by Mennonites and Dunkers. Confederate forces capture one large group of fugitives - many of them Peggy's cousins - and take them to Richmond's notorious Castle Thunder. Then the rebels charge Peggy's uncle, Gabriel "Doc" Heatwole, with treason and imprison him in the Rockingham Courthouse with Dunker Elder John Kline. The story climaxes during Sheridan's burning of the Valley, when Custer's cavalry gives Peggy fifteen minutes to empty her house and barn before they set them on fire.
Susanna [Paperback] - $18.95
SUSANNA is the true story of a Virginia Mennonite woman who fled north between the Confederate and Union armies to join her husband in Maryland. With the rebels hot on their heels, they escaped to Illinois and later went to Kansas in covered wagons. Her husband died eight days after they arrived, leaving Susanna alone on the prairie with seven young children and another one on the way. She endured fires, fevers, poverty, family strife, the deaths of children, and the worst locust plague since Exodus.