This novel, The Civil War: portrays The Burning of Atlanta vs.The Burning of Lawrence and brings to light the death, destruction and heartache of war. There are no winners in war for all suffer by losing loved ones. This novel shows the horror of war and the hatred that accompanies this horror. How the bitter feelings consume men and women for years keeping them in bondage worse than if they were in prison. The only way they can experience freedom is when they give this bitterness to Jesus.