Bobbye L. Hudspeth

Behind the Grey: a Novel of the Civil War Bobbye L. Hudspeth 1st edition

No towering statues pay tribute to the women who disguised themselves as soldiers during the American Civil War, even though many of those women paid the same price as their male counterparts. Over 400 cases were documented, with countless others going undetected during those four long, bloody years, yet their stories for the most part remain untold. This is a work of fiction, based loosely on facts. No one would have mistaken Alexandria McKinley Latham, belle of three counties, for the ragtag soldier who made his way into a Confederate camp, but underneath the dirty grey uniform beat a woman's heart. Driven by revenge against the Yankee soldier who had destroyed her family, Alexandria donned a soldier's uniform and lived a soldier's life, far different from the comfortable existence she had always known. Along the road to revenge, those she met changed her far more than the soiled and tattered grey cloth had done. Her lessons brought her friendships from unlikely places, and love from the most unexpected of all. Behind the Grey brings to life a rich, engaging panorama of the time and its people and celebrates the strength of the human spirit.