And The Walls Came Tumbling Down (English Edition) [Kindle-editie] beoordelingen het boek quotes

"The Civil War is in its early stages when Joshua Stone leaves his home inrural North Carolina to help protect his family and to seek adventure.Joshua is taken to a training camp where he learns to “soldier” andbecomes close to five other recruits who are his tent mates. He experienceswar first hand at the battle of Fredericksburg. There he kills three enemysoldiers. He then begins to question the “rightness” of taking another life.One dark night, at the battle of Chancellorsville, he shoots a shadowyfigure who turns out to be his own general Stonewall Jackson. Fromthis point forward he can no longer shoot at another man. His groupof buddies dwindles to three. And now he is running across the fields atGettysburg as a part of Pickett’s charge. His two remaining companionsare killed and he leaves something on the battlefield that will tie him toStonewall Jackson for the rest of his life. The story explores the issues ofthe justified killing of another human being, the treatment of negroesand the effects of war on soldiers both physically and mentally."