"The Union is made up of the people," Stone said. "Yes, but isn't that by the consent of the governed and not by force?" Over three million men fought in the Civil War. Two percent of the United State's population died in it. Lieutenant Thaddeus "Hawkeye" Stone, Company C of the Third Iowa Cavalry, volunteered to fight. As so many young men of his generation, he expected glory, bravery, and easy success. He believed wholeheartedly in the sovereignty of the Union, the evils of slavery, and the necessity of war. The battlefield quickly disarmed him of such illusions. After his first taste of war's spoils at the site of Wilson's Creek, Lieutenant Stone struggled to find his honor and courage in the midst of bullets and bayonets. He survives the incompetence of generals, the horror of the wounded, and the loss of friends and family-enduring the war he so enthusiastically joined. But can he survive the question that haunts him: is it worth it? Is there any reason, any rationale, for the...

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