num_pages: 368
description: Near the end of the Civil War inhumane conditions at Andersonville Prison caused the deaths of 13000 Union soldiers in only one year. In this gripping and affecting novel three young Confederates and an entire town come face-to-face with the prisons atrocities and will learn the cost of compassion when withheld and when given.Sentry Dance Pickett has watched helpless for months as conditions in the camp worsen by the day. He knows any mercy will be seen as treason. Southern belle Violet Stiles cannot believe the good folk of Americus would knowingly condone such barbarism despite the losses theyve suffered. When her goodwill campaign stirs up accusations of Union sympathies and endangers her family however she realizes she must tread carefully. Confederate corporal Emery Jones didnt expect to find camaraderie with the Union prisoner he escorted to Andersonville. But the soldiers wit and integrity strike a chord in Emery. How could this man be an enemy? Emery vows that their unlikely friendship will survive the warlittle knowing what that promise will cost him.As these three young Rebels cross paths Emery leads Dance and Violet to a daring act that could hang them for treason. Wrestling with Gods harsh truth they must decide once and for all Who is my neighbor?
language: English
title: The Sentinels of Andersonville
publisher: Tyndale House Publishers