When
the Union armies surround Vicksburg, 12-year-old Charlotte and her family find
themselves living in a cave. As she discovers what it is like to lose control
of her life, will her attitude toward slavery change?
Learning
to Surrender is finally here. The following link takes
you to the amazon.com page for the paperback, but the Kindle version can also be
reached there. The book should be available online from Barnes and Noble in the
near future.
The
title comes from a real event. When the Yankees ordered Vicksburg to surrender
in May 1862, this was Colonel Autry’s reply:
Mississippians don’t
know, and refuse to learn, how to surrender to an enemy. If Commodore Farragut
or Brigadier General Butler can teach them then let them come and try.
It
took a year, and it was General Grant who taught them, but the residents of
Vicksburg did learn to surrender.
Learning
to Surrender is not about battles or the fighting
itself. There are plenty of other stories told from a soldier’s point of view.
Buy
and read my book to discover what it was like for the residents of Vicksburg,
Mississippi as they learned to surrender.
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