num_pages: 264
description: Just days before President Lincolns assassination Charlie Dickey rejoices with family and friends over Union victories but Lincolns death shatters their hopes. General Joe Johnston still commands rebels in the field as do three other Confederate generalsbattle-hardened men unwilling to concede defeat.Journal of a Cavalry Bugler is historical fiction based on the real-life Civil War experiences of Charles Henry Dickey. His father T. Lyle Dickey practiced law in the same courtrooms as Abraham Lincoln. While growing up Charlie knew Mr. Lincoln as a family friend. When Fort Sumter falls Charlie musters into the Fourth Illinois Cavalry serves as General Sherman's bugler member of General Grants escort and fights alongside African American troops. He also falls in love with a beautiful southern belle but the chaos of war makes happiness seem impossible. When President Lincoln is assassinated the nation loses its best chance for reconciliation and war threatens to become permanent.
language: English
title: Journal of a Cavalry Bugler
publisher: Pearl Editions, LLC