Curtis Crockett grew up near Detroit, Michigan, where he devoured the books of fellow Michigander Bruce Catton, as a child. His parents nourished his fascination with the Civil War by taking the family to Gettysburg when he was ten. Leaving Gettysburg is his first work of fiction.
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The battle of Gettysburg is over. The Confederate army is defeated and must retreat to the Potomac River forty miles away with thousands of wagons full of wounded soldiers, provisions, and animals. Asa Helms joined the army to oppose the Yankee's i... SEE MORE