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The Widow of the South

by Robert Hicks

A home transformed by the Civil War

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A home transformed by the Civil War

Set during the American Civil War, Robert Hicks’s novel draws on the history of Carrie McGavock and her home near the Battle of Franklin. The house becomes a field hospital during the battle, and the account extends beyond the fighting: McGavock tends a private cemetery on her property for four decades, where more than a thousand people are buried. The novel’s historical frame links the upheaval of war with the long work of caring for its dead, centering a domestic setting that becomes part of the conflict’s aftermath.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in historical fiction set during the American Civil War.
  • Readers who want a story grounded in a documented historical figure and place.
  • Readers interested in wartime hospitals, burial, and remembrance.

Themes

American Civil WarCaregiving and lossWar’s aftermathHistorical memory

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Book overview

Based on a true story, this debut Civil War novel follows a Southern plantation woman's journey of transforming her home into a hospital for the war.
This debut novel is based on the true story of Carrie McGavock. During the Civil War's Battle of Franklin, a five-hour bloodbath with 9,200 casualties, McGavock's home was turned into a field hospital where four generals died. For 40 years she tended the private cemetery on her property where more than 1,000 were laid to rest.
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