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The story follows a small village thrown into the turmoil of civil war, portraying how enlistments and departures ripple through families and relationships. It alternates between battlefield events—an engagement, a retreat, wounded and dying soldiers—and homefront responses, including makeshift hospitals, receptions for released prisoners, a deserter’s arrival, and prisoners held in dire conditions. Romantic tensions, family disputes, and accusations of suspicion drive subplots that lead to secret hiding places and emotional reckonings. Themes of sacrifice, loyalty, and the struggle to reconcile wartime wounds with domestic life shape the community’s gradual attempt at recovery.

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Title: Rose Mather: A tale

Author: Mary Jane Holmes

Release date: January 24, 2023 [eBook #69870]
Most recently updated: October 19, 2024

Language: English

Original publication: United States: Carleton, 1868

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ROSE MATHER:
A Tale.

BY
Mrs. MARY J. HOLMES,
AUTHOR OF “TEMPEST AND SUNSHINE,” “LENA RIVERS,” “THE CAMERON PRIDE,” ETC., ETC.
NEW YORK:
Carleton, Publisher, Madison Square.
LONDON: S. LOW, SON & CO.
MDCCCLXXXIII.
Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1868, by
DANIEL HOLMES,
in the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the United States, for the Northern District of New York.
Trow’s
Printing and Bookbinding Co.,
205–213 East 12th St.,
NEW YORK.
To
THE SOLDIERS LIVING
AND
The Memory of the Soldiers Dead,
THIS STORY OF THE WAR
IS GRATEFULLY INSCRIBED BY
THE AUTHOR.
Brown Cottage, Brockport, N. Y.
April, 1868.