Smoke Over the Pine Barrens (2nd Alabama Cavalry Series)

In the spring of 1862, as the smoke of Shiloh drifted across the South, the war came calling for the men of Alabama

Wilkerson McRae and his brothers left their farm to join the 2nd Alabama Cavalry. Under Sergeant Silas Ward, they trained and deployed to the pine barrens along the Alabama–Florida border, where Confederate forces worked to contain Union troops in Pensacola.

War was not what they expected it to be. In harsh conditions and constant uncertainty, survival came at a cost. As the lin...