Sam's journals offer fresh insight into one of our nation's greatest spiritual conflicts: the Civil War. As Sam chronicles his own personal struggles and the struggles of the nation, he explores the question: "Whence comes evil?"

Not only does Sam begin to discern the answer and the dangerous truth about his family heritage, but he uncovers that plans of an old and deadly Evil seeking to corrupt, and ultimately destroy, the nation, both North and South.

Sam's journey into the heart of God's will for his own life and the soul of the nation puts his trust, his courage, and his resolve to a perilous and fiery test, inspiring readers of all ages to overcome life's deepest disappointments and to find faith in God.

Chapter 1 - Take Up The Pen

Chapter 2 - Bloodshed in the Capitol

Chapter 3 - Family History

Chapter 4 - Cry of the Blood

Chapter 5 - Unde Malum

Chapter 6 - The Dream

Chapter 7 - Charleston Harbor

Chapter 8 - Sentence of Death

Chapter 9 - Respite

Chapter 10 - Angelina

Chapter 11 - Morning of Darkness

Chapter 12 - Horsemen in the Sky

Chapter 13 - Dark and Bloody Ground

Chapter 14 - Elizabeth

Chapter 15 - Beaumont

Chapter 16 - A Twofold Cord of Godless Strands

Chapter 17 - A Murderer from the Beginning

Chapter 18 - Reflections