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Candles in the Dark: A Rebel Night of War and Recall
A worn diary recounts a Confederate night march under rain and darkness, mishaps with powder kegs, and a frightened escape past Mason’s house. The narrator wrestles guilt after firing on a rider, remembers camp life, and reflects on early Civil War experience and leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Continand
Bin
Toll
Boworn
Cour
Mason
Bowers
Manon Rangers
B'Poth
Stavens
Sven Breven
Stevens
Mora Golock
Nowetes Een Orus
Hanenibal
Binsal
Ravi
Masons
Inez
Lyman
Hyde's Prairie
Misouri
Happiall
Tom
Disk
Missouri
Thomas IL. Harris
Tom Hireial
Ranke
Bower
Carmeril
Dows
Gruen
Thors
Grant
Glaon
Ubin
Masy
Wetuil Cothion
Rabbite
Bull Bun
Grost