![]() ![]() ![]() These Confederates are full of hope, too - hope that they will not shrink from their oaths when the fire is the most intense and their friends are falling left and right.īattles are planned by the generals, but they are fought by the soldiers the simple, the scared, the green, the boastful, the veteran, and the foolish. They are full of hope that soon they will sally forth and give battle to their enemy, 34 miles away.īattle is less than a few miles away, as another army of green and untried soldiers is marching, stealing up upon the Union army's encampment with the Tennessee River at its back and no hope of immediate reinforcement. ![]() Within his camps are soldiers that are simple, scared, green, boastful, veteran, and foolish, all hoping that they do not shirk their sworn oaths. Peace, that is, until Grant's Union army arrives to take up every available space in and around the church and on all of the community's farm land. Its parishioners are thankful for their peace. It has borne witness to christenings, weddings, and funerals. An apt name for a tiny Methodist chapel close to the banks of the Tennessee River. ![]()
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