A DIFFERENCE OF PURPOSE: A Novel Of The American Civil War

A DIFFERENCE OF PURPOSE tells the story of a Confederate drummer boy, serving with the famous Orphan Brigade, and his abolitionist uncle serving with the Union's Irish Brigade. The two confront personal tragedies as the action of the novel takes the reader from the  Battle of Fredericksburg to the largest mass execution (of Indians) in American history, and on to the Battle of Stones River, the central focus of the novel. The characters wrestle with God and with their own inner demons as they search for faith, love and meaning in a torn and tragic world.