Smoke Over the Pine Barrens

Glory was the promise. Survival became the truth.

In the spring of 1862, in the shadow of the Battle of Shiloh, the war spreads across the South and the men of Alabama answer the call.

Wilkerson and his brothers leave behind their family farm to join the newly formed 2nd Alabama Cavalry, driven by duty, pride, and the promise of honor. Under the steady, unflinching leadership of Sergeant Silas Ward, they are forged from eager recruits into soldiers and sent south to the pine barrens along the...