Cold Comfort, Ill Wind
Cold Comfort, Ill Wind
Cold Comfort, Ill Wind
Two Virginia brothers, Townsend and John Tyler Philips, are separated by the great war that breaks the Union apart. While Towns serves as a musician in the 51st Virginia Infantry, John Tyler attends Virginia Military Institute, hoping one day to fight for his country and be reunited with his brave younger brother. Neither could guess they would meet again on a bloody battlefield of that war, or that John Tyler would be injured and again separated from his brother Towns. Now, recovered from his wounds, John Tyler joins General Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia, defending Petersburg against overwhelming Union forces, while Towns marches with Confederate General Jubal Early to the gates of Washington, then, hounded by the Union Army, back to Virginia, where the Rebels meet a tough new adversary, Union General Philip Sheridan. Confederate victories are soon followed by defeat after defeat, and for young Townsend Philips, a deepening crisis of conscience and will.

Book Details

Genre: 

  • Historical Fiction

Age Level: 

  • 12 and up
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Cold Comfort is a historical fiction book that is set in the past during the Civil War. The book begins with John Tyler being sick. Then it switches over to meet another important person, Boomer, and their problem fighting the Yankees. Will John Tyler be well enough to rejoin the fight? Read Cold Comfort to discover what will happen next.

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