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From youth Karl A. Bacon has been a serious student of the Civil War. Countless hours of detailed research supply the foundation for each novel, including copious reading, internet research and personal visits to battlefields and historic sites. For Prairie Dog Town, he toured Vicksburg National Military Park, did research at the Old Courthouse Museum, stayed in the Duff Green Mansion, and visited Natchez and the ruins of Windsor House. The research provides depth and realism to the stories so that the novels might be as historically accurate and believable as possible. Karl lives with his wife, Jackie, in Connecticut.

His first novel, An Eye for Glory (2011) was a Publisher's Weekly Top Pick and a Christy Award Finalist. Until Shiloh Comes
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Karl A. Bacon I am in the middle of writing a Civil War Trilogy about the war experiences of an underage Union soldier from Ohio, Stanley Mitchell. The first book, …moreI am in the middle of writing a Civil War Trilogy about the war experiences of an underage Union soldier from Ohio, Stanley Mitchell. The first book, Until Shiloh Comes, was released this spring (2015). Stanley has a close call with death at Shiloh and is taken into the home of a Southern war widow where he is nursed back to health. It is on this Tennessee farm that Stanley discovers the many facets of love for the first time in his life.

The second book is about half written. It deals with Stanley's experiences in and around Vicksburg, MS, before, during, and after the siege of 1863. His fondest wish is to return to the farm in Tennessee, but as historical events unfold around him, he becomes convinced that he must return to the Union army and fulfill the duty he volunteered for. I hope to release this book next spring.

The third book will take Stanley to Georgia with Sherman's army during the Atlanta Campaign. Not yet eighteen years of age, Stanley will end up a prisoner at Andersonville with little hope of ever returning to the farm near Shiloh, Tennessee.(less)
Karl A. Bacon The idea of a Union soldier being taken into a Southern home is not a new one. But placing him in the midst of a family already racked with grief for …moreThe idea of a Union soldier being taken into a Southern home is not a new one. But placing him in the midst of a family already racked with grief for loved ones lost and hatred toward the enemy that had caused their pain--now, that's the seed for a good story.

The battle of Shiloh provided a good setting for the start of the story, because the people that lived near the battlefield were simple, farming folk, usually with fewer than ten slaves to help them work the ground. The battle itself opened up the reasonable possibility of a mother searching desperately for her son at the end of the first day's fighting. (less)
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“Aaron reached into his jacket pocket and took out his Bible, a gift from his father, Captain Benjamin K. Matthews, on the the day he had ridden off to war. Aaron opened to the Psalms, intending to read, but his eyes were heavy and closed against his will. O death, where is thy sting? Pastor Blackwell had told him that death had no power over him, but he sure felt that sting now. O grave, where is thy victory? How much longer would it be? Just four miles from home. Would Mama ever know?
Shiloh, the place of peace. Good ground to die on. Holy ground.”
Karl A. Bacon, Until Shiloh Comes

“She was as lovely as ever, my Jessie Anne. I paused for a moment, taking her beauty in, laying up this vision of her in the deepest and most secret place of my mind, allowing the sight of her to renew my spirit. I stepped slowly down to the platform, never allowing my gaze to drift from her. Jessie Anne was looking toward the front of the car, and it was a moment or two before she turned and spotted me.
The bright and hopeful smile I had so expected and longed for darkened, just for a moment to be sure, but long enough for me to recognize a fleeting glimpse of shock and anguish, possibly of horror. No longer did she see the man she had known, the man she had given her life to. No, she saw me for the man I truly was, the man with blood on his hands.”
Karl A. Bacon, An Eye for Glory: The Civil War Chronicles of a Citizen Soldier

“I have always thought that all men should be free; but if any should be slaves, it should be first those who desire for themselves, and secondly those who desire it for others. Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.”
Abraham Lincoln

“She was as lovely as ever, my Jessie Anne. I paused for a moment, taking her beauty in, laying up this vision of her in the deepest and most secret place of my mind, allowing the sight of her to renew my spirit. I stepped slowly down to the platform, never allowing my gaze to drift from her. Jessie Anne was looking toward the front of the car, and it was a moment or two before she turned and spotted me.
The bright and hopeful smile I had so expected and longed for darkened, just for a moment to be sure, but long enough for me to recognize a fleeting glimpse of shock and anguish, possibly of horror. No longer did she see the man she had known, the man she had given her life to. No, she saw me for the man I truly was, the man with blood on his hands.”
Karl A. Bacon, An Eye for Glory: The Civil War Chronicles of a Citizen Soldier

“He can compress the most words into the smallest ideas of any man I ever met.”
Abraham Lincoln

“Aaron reached into his jacket pocket and took out his Bible, a gift from his father, Captain Benjamin K. Matthews, on the the day he had ridden off to war. Aaron opened to the Psalms, intending to read, but his eyes were heavy and closed against his will. O death, where is thy sting? Pastor Blackwell had told him that death had no power over him, but he sure felt that sting now. O grave, where is thy victory? How much longer would it be? Just four miles from home. Would Mama ever know?
Shiloh, the place of peace. Good ground to die on. Holy ground.”
Karl A. Bacon, Until Shiloh Comes

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