Crossroads at Gettysburg
Book Six: Crossroads at Gettysburg
Crossroads at Gettysburg, the sixth book in the Young Heroes of History series, reaches a climax at Gettysburg. After four years of separation, the “heroes of history” are together again. But will their reunion be one of joy and laughter or death and destruction? In the summer of 1863, George Adams returns to the North. Unfortunately for his cousins, Thomas and Mary, George is not here for a friendly visit. As a soldier in the Army of Northern Virginia, George is determined to put an end to the war. George’s commander is the famous General Robert E. Lee, a commander who has never lost a battle. Realizing that he must take the war into Yankee territory, Lee boldly...
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The “Young Heroes of America” series follows the families of three Irish brothers who in 1846 had immigrated to the United States in the years leading up to and during the American Civil War. Fifteen-year-old Mary Adams and her friend Lynn Jones are living near Philadelphia and helping in the Northern war effort, but Mary has been very sick with a fever. Her fourteen-year-old brother Thomas, their uncle Robert, their cousins Zachary, Joshua, and Ethan, and Lynn’s twin brother Daniel are all fighting for the Union. Another cousin, fifteen-year-old George Adams, is fighting for the Confederacy under Major General George E. Pickett. In the summer of 1863,...
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July 1, 1863 Somewhere near Chambersburg, Pennsylvania(About 25 miles Northwest of Gettysburg) “Don’t tell me any more of your lies!” George yelled as he smashed another post on the old man’s white picket fence. “You Yankees have been hiding your food from us ever since you heard we were coming. Now show me where your bacon and flour are or I’ll smash more of your fence!” “I’m telling you we don’t have any,” the old man yelled back. He was dressed in simple blue overalls and his hands were shaky as he slowly backed away from the angry soldier. “The group that came...
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