he was filled with guilt over many of what he saw as reckless decisions he had made which led to the death of thousands during the war. all of this set the scene for this fascinating fictional account of the life of General John Hood. the oppressive heat and wilting humidity, poverty, restlessness and unrest between the races, the political corruption and even the mysticism of the Catholic Church. His descriptions of Reconstruction era New Orleans made me feel like I was actually there. As I discovered in his novel, Widow of the South, Hicks does a marvelous job of drawing you into the setting and the time period. General Hood journeyed to New Orleans to try to begin his post-military life and figure out how to earn a living. Robert Hick's story begins after the war has ended. Hood became controversial because some felt that his aggressiveness in battle led to his making very reckless decisions which ended up killing thousands of Confederate soldiers. He suffered a crippling injury to his left arm at the battle of Gettysburg and lost his right leg at the Battle of Chicamauga.
Lee to the rank of major general after the Battle of Antietam. This book, written by Robert Hicks, is a fictional account of one of the Confederacy's most controversial generals.
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