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Return to Afiton Center Sparks Civil War Era Love
A widowed mother of ten year old Ann Lynne Cortlandt plans to marry Cork Yandt after a New York visit. Ann forms a deep bond with Hendricks Cortlandt and joins him as he marches with the Fifty-fifth New York volunteers. Ann vows to support him and later resolves to work as a nurse when a hospital is established to aid wounded soldiers. The tale follows family ties, social stakes, and the looming Civil War era.
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