On Grounds of Honor

Reeks: My Brother's Flag

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  • On
  • Maryland’s
  • Eastern
  • Shore,
  • the
  • division
  • of
  • the
  • Civil
  • War
  • is
  • an
  • inescapable
  • reality
  • for
  • many
  • households.
  • For
  • the
  • Turner
  • brothers,
  • it
  • means
  • choosing
  • politics
  • over
  • blood.
  • Although
  • his
  • younger
  • brother
  • goes
  • south
  • to
  • join
  • the
  • Rebels,
  • Jeremiah
  • feels
  • honor-bound
  • to
  • defend
  • the
  • Stars
  • and
  • Stripes
  • even
  • at
  • the
  • risk
  • of
  • meeting
  • Charlie
  • on
  • the
  • battlefield
  • and
  • facing
  • a
  • deeper
  • conflict
  • of
  • loyalties.
  • His
  • wife,
  • Clara,
  • is
  • left
  • behind
  • at
  • Laurel
  • Hill
  • to
  • manage
  • the
  • farm
  • with
  • her
  • father-in-law
  • and
  • his
  • slaves.
  • As
  • the
  • country
  • is
  • torn
  • apart
  • by
  • opposing
  • forces
  • from
  • within,
  • Clara
  • must
  • find
  • the
  • strength
  • to
  • live
  • in
  • a
  • world
  • of
  • uncertainty
  • and
  • change. What
  • began
  • as
  • an
  • act
  • of
  • patriotic
  • loyalty
  • for
  • Jeremiah
  • will
  • become
  • a
  • test
  • of
  • character
  • and
  • courage.
  • And
  • as
  • the
  • death
  • toll
  • climbs
  • into
  • the
  • thousands,
  • Clara
  • clings
  • to
  • the
  • desperate
  • hope
  • that
  • her
  • husband
  • will
  • come
  • back
  • to
  • her
  • alive.
  • Before
  • it
  • ends,
  • the
  • war
  • will
  • take
  • far
  • more
  • than
  • they
  • could
  • have
  • anticipated.
  • But
  • in
  • the
  • wake
  • of
  • its
  • destruction,
  • Jeremiah
  • and
  • Clara
  • will
  • learn
  • that
  • sometimes
  • victory
  • can
  • only
  • come
  • through surrender.
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