House Divided

By April 1863 the Civil War has been raging for two years. On their sleepy farm in Gettysburg, sixteen-year-old twins Susanne and Stephen are alarmed by news that Confederate forces under General Robert E. Lee are threatening to invade the North for a strike at Washington, D.C.! Rebel forces in the Union capital? Is it possible?Bored with farm life and itching for action, Stephen runs away to join the beleaguered Army of the Potomac to fight Johnny Reb. Susanne decides to join a nursing outfit to assist the Union's wounded. Separated by war, death, and disease, the twins maintain a correspondence. Little do they know that forces from the North and South will soon meet in a climactic battle that will determine the outcome of the war -- a battle that will rage outside a town called GettysburgMassie, Elizabeth is the author of 'House Divided', published 2000 under ISBN 9780606196598 and ISBN 0606196595.