When the Missouri Ran Red: A Novel of the Civil War (Jim Woodward -F) Section-Civil War History former Confederate officer Riddick Gatlin

former Confederate officer Riddick Gatlin

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2013 Jefferson Davis Award

When the Missouri Ran Red: A Novel of the Civil War (Jim Woodward -F) Section-Civil War History former Confederate officer Riddick GatlinAutumn, 1864. Rebel bushwhackers have seized and looted a small town in Missouri. Wounded and left for dead by his half brother, seventeen year old Owen Wainwright is captured and conscripted by the Confederate Army. As the troops blacksmith, he witnesses the horrors of war firsthand: the savagery of General Selbys Iron Brigade, the massacres of Union troops, the bloody battles at Lexington, Westport, and Mine Creek. Against all odds, Owen survives