THIS IS THE STORY OF ONE BRAVE WOMAN WHO STAYED WITHIN THE LINE OF THE FIGHTING IN THE CIVIL WAR.. SHE WAS BORN MARY JONES POLK IN TENNESSEE. HER NAME NOW IS MARY POLK BRANCH AND SHE IS THE AUTHOR OF THIS BOOK. IT WAS COPYRIGHTED IN 1912 BY HER HUSBAND JOSEPH G. BRANCH. THIS IS AN EX-LIB. BOOK AND IT'S NOT THAT BIG BUT LOOKS SO VERY INTERESTING. HERE'S YOUR CHANCE TO READ, FIRST HAND, WHAT IT WAS LIKE FOR HER.