This book held the gut-wrenching truth of all the physical, financial, mental and emotional turmoil caused by this nation tearing itself apart from the inside. Carrie seemed to know from childhood that she would spend her whole life in mourning. I felt that God gave her a mission to look after the memory of our honorable Southern boys who fell at the bloodiest battle of the Civil War. I'm sure there's a special place for her in heaven; she stands as the epitome of a Great American.