War with Spiritual Healing - Softcover

Lango, Daniel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1491740981 ISBN 13: 9781491740989

Verlag: iUniverse, 2014

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Fourteen-year-old Pete Lincky, who is certain he can change his older brother's fate as a confederate soldier, has just run away with the hope of joining Robert's unit during the Civil War. Left behind is his lover, Michelle, who one night is provided a vision of her lover's fate by an angel who tells her she must act now to save him. After she disguises herself as a man, Michelle leaves a note for her parents and slips off into the night. As Robert is placed in violent battles where he faces relatives fighting on the opposing side, Michelle finally meets up with Pete and successfully conceals her identity after he thinks he recognizes her. They leave together in search of Robert and are soon engulfed in a fierce battle near Sharpsburg, Maryland, where Pete spots his cousin, Conor, within the Irish Brigade's battle lines. With his finger on the trigger, Pete is suddenly left with a choice no one should have to make. Moments later, he and Michelle lie wounded in the battlefield and there is only one angel who can save them. In this historical tale, the brutalities of the Civil War are exposed as two teenage lovers on a journey to find an older brother soon discover that there are tough decisions to make when it comes to love, war, and ultimately, their fate.

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Daniel Lango graduated from Southington High School and Lincoln Technical Institute with high honors. He is a medical assistant and active in the 2nd Connecticut Heavy Artillery Volunteers, a Civil War reenactment group. Daniel currently resides in Plantsville, Connecticut. This is his first novel.

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War with Spiritual Healing

By Daniel Lango, Sarah Randall

iUniverse LLC

Copyright © 2014 Daniel Lango & Sarah Randall
All rights reserved.

ISBN: 978-1-4917-4098-9

Contents

Prologue, 
Part 1: A vision of destiny, 3, 
Part 2: A father's cry, 8, 
Part 3: Reverend goes on a holy quest, 13, 
Part A:, 
Chapter 1: A familiar face, 21, 
Chapter 2: Conor Relives a Horrifying Defeat, 32, 
Chapter 3: Graving News, 37, 
Chapter 4: Marching to DC, 42, 
Chapter 5: Joining Under D H Hill, 49, 
Chapter 6: Why did you do it?, 54, 
Chapter 7: A spy within DC, 56, 
Chapter 8: A meeting over Lee's Campaign, 69, 
Chapter 9: A march that symbolized prayer and hope, 81, 
Chapter 10: Crossing the Potomac River, 87, 
Chapter 11: Panic in DC, 96, 
Part B:, 
Chapter 12: A letter home, 103, 
Chapter 13: The long road to Sharpsburg, Antietam, Maryland, 109, 
Chapter 14: Antietam, 118, 
Chapter 15: D H Hill prepares defense of Antietam's sunken road, 121, 
Chapter 16: Two nights before the Battle over Sharpsburg, Antietam, 131, 
Chapter 17: The day before hell on earth, 138, 
Chapter 18: Saying Farewell, 153, 
Chapter 19: Discovered Love, 159, 
Chapter 20: The battle of Antietam begins, 169, 
Chapter 21: Joseph K E Mansfield's massacre charge, 172, 
Chapter 22: The Bloody Stand off, 179, 
Chapter 23: A Wounded General's Cry for Help, 186, 
Chapter 24: The Battle of Ducker's Church, 192, 
Chapter 25: Jackson brought aid, 197, 
Chapter 26 Thomas Francis clears the way, 204, 
Chapter 27: It's that dammed Emerald Irish flag again, 210, 
Chapter 28: Shouting the Battle Cry of Freedom, 218, 
Chapter 29: An Unwelcome Truce, 232, 
Chapter 30: Captains Meagher's and Clooney's Charge, 241, 
Chapter 31: A frightening dream comes true, 245, 
Chapter 32: Look OUT Conor, 248, 
Chapter 33: An angel of the battlefield, 257, 
Chapter 34: Nurse Clara, 266, 
Chapter 35: `Tis the end, Conor, 276, 
Chapter 36: Get Doctor Gray Zincky, 282, 
Chapter 37: Fighting a lost cause, 286, 
Chapter 38: Conor's spirit, 302, 
Chapter 39: The aftermath over Sharpsburg, 308, 
Chapter 40: A short-lived family reunion, 317, 
Part C:, 
Chapter 41: Clouds of Heaven, 329, 
Chapter 42: More Whiskey, 335, 
Chapter 43: Purgatory, 340, 
Chapter 44: Silent Night, 343, 
Chapter 45: Christmas Eve, 354, 
Chapter 46: Christmas Morning, 362, 
Chapter 47: Christmas Dinner, 365, 
Chapter 48: The confrontation, 371, 
Chapter 49: Michelle returns, 378, 
Historic figures within the story:, 
Children as soldiers within the civil war:, 385, 
Hancock:, 386, 
Frederick Douglass:, 387, 
Abraham Lincoln:, 387, 
Robert E Lee:, 387, 
Stonewall Jackson:, 388, 
Daniel Hill:, 389, 
A P Hill:, 389, 
Johnson:, 389, 
Belle Boyd:, 390, 
President Davies:, 390, 
Credit:, 391, 
Work Cited:, 395, 

CHAPTER 1

A FAMILIAR FACE

"Robert! Over here!" Harry cries, standing in the center of the field similar to a detective overlooking a crime scene. He is surrounded by dead Irish soldiers at Manassas Junction. Harry spots at a young Irish drummer boy motionless. The boy's eyes at stuck staring up at the sky. Each are wide open. Harry leans closer to the dead boy noticing a picture of four people in it.

Robert sobs and desperately shoves aside the dead. Harry screams louder, "Robert! I think I found him!" Robert wipes off his tears using his blood stained hands. Not hearing Harry he pushes over another died soldier. A puny, tiny green clover fell off the soldier's hat.

He hears coughing behind him and discovers a confederate sergeant. The sergeant hovers over a wounded Irish soldier. Tears of sadness fell from the sergeant's eyes while the dying soldier cried for his children.

Moments later he discovers the 28th's regimental flag. There are several bullet holes scattered upon the fabric. Its fabric has holes similar to a pen poking through a sheet of paper. A golden harp is in its center. The designs are hand sworn within its greenish background.

Robert grasps the flag putting his fingers through each of the tiny holes. He feels blood stains upon its soft surface. Releasing the flag, he watches it fall on the ground. It covers the tips of his shoes acting like a blanket. Robert lowers his head staring at the once beautiful flag now in ruins.

Tears begin leaking out of his eyes while visions of his cousins came into view. He raises his head. Robert has a vision of Conor standing over a young dead soldier.

Conor, with a saddened expression, folds his arms over one another. The transparent vision of Conor ends up suddenly pointing at him.

He cries out to Robert like a victim toward the captor, "Why did you shoot me Robert? I was scared and terrified seeing you pulling the trigger."

Robert cries out, falling to his knees, "Oh God Conor! I swear I didn't know it was you until it was too late!" His vision of Conor dashes into a tree. Robert's cousin vanishes traveling through it. It's almost as if the transparent vision is Conor's spirit.

"God no! Please, do not let that soldier be Conor." Robert's mind screams. He spots a soldier lying face down behind the tree. He races over toward the corpse and rolls over the body.

The corpse's eyes are a dark hazelnut color. Its skin has pale look almost like a ghost. Touching the cold lifeless face, Robert feels its skin turn hard. Its skin acts as if it turned into ice cubes.

Robert realizes the body isn't Conor. He moves his head from the horrid stench of the corpse. His eyes catch a gold rusty chain. It sparkles similar to gold dust. The round object sticks out from under the soldier's shoes. He pulls the shoes out of the way and discovers a gold pocket watch. What is this? His mind thought as he heard a click. It popped open like popcorn springing from its hardened shell.

A tiny picture is seen within the watch. The picture is of Patrick standing in the center. His son and nephew are on each side of him smiling. Uncle Patrick and my cousins. Robert's mind shouts as his eyes became watery like a vessel sinking to a watery grave.

He raises up his head crying out, "Oh God! Why did I pull the trigger? Why?"

Robert's reaction is like a peacock on a tree branch observing the field. He puts the watch into his pocket sobbing in a hysteric way. Robert slowly stands to his feet like a policeman after a shootout with villains. "Why did I join the southern cause, God? Why?" his mind cries. Robert continues to search for his relatives not hearing Harry shouting at him in the background.

Robert falls to his knees reacting like a man in prayer. Each of his hands are placed against his face. The palms of his hands fill with salt watery tears.

He begins to cry, "Oh Conor! I hope you are ok. I'm sorry my cousin. Please forgive me."

Feeling a tagging on his uniform, he twists around, reacting like a child to a mother's touch. Harry is at his side. Half of a picture is within Harry hands. He replies, "Is this your family relative?"

Robert takes the picture and shakes his head adding, "No, but, this young boy in the photo is familiar. I recognize his face; although, I can't quite figure out who this child is. Where did you get this Harry?"

Harry points toward the dead Irish drummer boy adding, "Over there."

Robert stands up and walks over to the dead drummer boy. Standing over the...

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: iUniverse
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2014
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1491740981
• ISBN 13: 9781491740989
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 414
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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