A DIFFERENCE OF PURPOSE tells the story of 12 year old Jonathan Berkeley, a Confederate drummer boy serving with the famous Orphan Brigade, and his uncle and Godfather, Alexander Wythe, an abolitionist lawyer and captain serving in the Federal army. They wrestle with God and their own inner demons as they confront devastating personal tragedies and search desperately for faith, love, and meaning in a torn and tragic world of civil war. Featured in the novel are the Battles of Fredericksburg and Stones River, and the largest mass execution in American history (the hanging of 38 Dakota Sioux at Mankato, Minnesota, in December of 1862).
The author, Terry Soileau, is a retired Louisiana attorney, now residing in Houston, Texas. He is presently at work on another civil war novel, entitled THE ATCHAFALAYA RIFLES, which is set in the Atchafalaya Basin of Louisiana.
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