Chickahominy Fever

"In June 1862, Union forces have Richmond under siege. Brigadier General Henry Wise brings a letter to Confederate President Jefferson Davis that details the weak spot in the city's defenses. The letter is thought to have been destroyed, but it is stolen - taken by a servant who has trained all her life for such a chance. Unaware of this new danger, the city carries on tending to the wounded from the battle of Seven Pines and the thousands of new casualties from the battles of the Seven Days." "Confederate nurse Narcissa Powers is trying to help a woman locate the body of her soldier son, while free black herbalist Judah Daniel is searching for the mother of a black infant found abandoned at St. John's Church. In the chaos that has besieged Richmond, the fates of these two prove difficult to discover." "As the stolen letter makes its way to the heart of Richmond's Unionist network, Narcissa and Judah Daniel find their individual quests converging in an underground, high-stakes political operation that could change the course of the war. The fates of both sides, Union and Confederate, rest on the letter. But lofty political goals are on a collision course with human hopes and fears. The bonds of family and friendship strain until they break apart in one night of violence, betrayal, and murder."--BOOK JACKET. Book jacket.McMillan, Ann is the author of 'Chickahominy Fever', published 2004 under ISBN 9780142004562 and ISBN 0142004561.