Blood and Deadly Strife

In 1863, Utah frontiersman Myscal Taylor steps off the train in Indiana to heal a bitter family rift. This 2nd novel in the series begins where "Arise from the Dust" concludes: Fraudulently conscripted Myscal rides an east-bound troop train towards a precarious future. Expecting assignment to the 20th Indiana in winter camp at Brandy Station, Myscal marches muddy roads towards battle. President Lincoln has ordered the Army of the Potomac to kill Lee's army and kill it. The Mine's Run...
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In 1863, Utah frontiersman Myscal Taylor steps off the train in Indiana to heal a bitter family rift. This 2nd novel in the series begins where "Arise from the Dust" concludes: Fraudulently conscripted Myscal rides an east-bound troop train towards a precarious future. Expecting assignment to the 20th Indiana in winter camp at Brandy Station, Myscal marches muddy roads towards battle. President Lincoln has ordered the Army of the Potomac to kill Lee's army and kill it. The Mine's Run campaign comprises the final campaign of 1863.Marching directly towards war, Myscal encounters again Sharpshooter Sgt. Payne on the battlefield, remembers Old West frontier experiences: the kidnapping of daughter, notorious pistolero Porter Rockwell, gunslinging outlaws, encounters with future Civil War generals in Utah Territory before the War. And his tender experiences with his passionate Spanish wife Alicia. On Mine's Run's battlefield, he experiences his greatest fears: does he have the courage to act under fire; can he avoid killing men he does not hate? Will he live through the battle?