Union: A Story of the Great Rebellion

by John R. Musick

Excerpt from Union: A Story of the Great Rebellion
This volume ends the series of Columbian Historical Novels, designed to give a complete history of the United States, in twelve complete stories, chronologically arranged. Throughout the series I have adhered to the original plan of making fiction subordinate to history, even at the expense of unity. I have been censured by some critics for deserting my fictitious characters in order to bring up the historical events by which they were surrounded, but as my design was to make the series beneficial as well as interesting, I have turned a deaf ear to all suggestions to sacrifice usefulness to smoothness.
It is doubtful if the time has yet arrived to write a fair and impartial history of the war of the Rebellion, even as a historical romance. We are so prone to let prejudice warp judgment that we can hardly deal fairly with an opponent, even though that opponent be a brother.

568 pages, Paperback

First published August 8, 2015

About the author

John Roy Musick was an American historical author and poet. He also wrote under the pseudonyms Benjamin Broadaxe/Broadax, Ebenezer Slypole, and Don Jenardo.
He earned a Bachelor of Scientific Didactics from the First District Normal School in 1874. After teaching a term, he started legal studies and in 1876 he passed the Bar exam and took up the practice of law. In 1882 he abandoned his legal career to become a full-time writer.