My original concept for the book was to intersperse the story with non-fiction informational sections explaining some matter mentioned in the story. I purposefully inserted social and cultural practices into the story to help ground …
In Chapter #5, Crosses Marked The Graves; Uncle Byron sends Hattie a map of The Battle of Gettysburg. The map is attributed to SG Elliot, although there is some question as to whether Elliot did …
I recently decided to look online for old maps of the Finger Lakes region of New York, the area where Hattie’s War is set. To my surprise, I stumbled on several maps that, on closer …
The American Civil War is the most studied and written about event in human history. It’s estimated that over 60,000 books have been written about the war. Dozens of books are being published every year …
The New York 76th Volunteer Regiment Hannibal’s regiment, the NY 76th, is well-documented. There is a website devoted to the NY 76th and a history of the regiment written shortly after the war by AP Smith. who …
The Civil War was the first war to be photo-documented, leaving us with a vast collection of graphic imagery of the horrors of warfare. The best-known photographer of the war was Mathew Brady, but there …
It’s said that no other topic has more written about it than the American Civil War. Every aspect of the war has been documented, dissected, debated, and written about for the last 150 years. …
After Hattie, Bryon Howell is the second most important character in the story. To review… Byron is Hattie’s uncle, her father Hannibal’s brother. Byron enlisted in the Union Army in 1861 with his brothers Hannibal …
