reported by Jean Morel, FictionFanatic.com

There are many books about the Civil War, but few touch on the personal side of the greatest conflict our country has ever known. Paul K. Cashdollar has written just such a book, Common Soldier ? A Civil War Saga. The book is a fictional account based loosely on the life of his great-grandfather, Lewis Cox, who was an actual Civil War Soldier who served in the 62nd Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry.

Lewis Cox was content to work on his farm and provide veterinary care for his animals and those of his neighbors. He was in love and planned to marry, but much to his dismay war broke out between the states and threatened to tear the country apart. His patriotism would not permit him to ignore the needs of his country. Against the wishes of his fianc?e and family he enlisted in the Union Army.

Hear and feel what life was like in the camps and on the battlefields as you travel with the 62nd Pennsylvania Volunteers to such places as Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, and Gettysburg.

The places of battle and the actual engagements of the 62nd Pennsylvania are historically accurate and are made to come alive through the fictional interaction of the soldiers involved. Their conversations and devotion to each other are so real you will feel as if you are with them as they face the biggest conflict of their lives.

Common Soldier ? A Civil War Saga, ISBN 0-9706679-1-4, published in paperback, 221 pages, by Moonglo Publishing is available from http://www.moonglopublishing.com

Paul K. Cashdollar is the author of In Harm?s Way, Stories of American Prisoners of War in Germany, ISBN 0-9706679-0-6, published in 2001 by Moonglo Publishing. This nonfiction book contains the stories of sixteen former prisoners of war in World War II and is also available through the website.