Summer Rose is the first novel by Caroline Hartman. During America's Civil War, her great grandfather fought with the Army of the Potomac from June 1861 to June 1864. He left behind an honorable accountin hisdetailed diary ofthe years spentwith the Army of the Potomac. Caroline first read the diary-in his own handwriting-while taking an American History course at Penn State. After graduating, she taught elementary school, raised a family, and has been a constant student of the American Civil War. She read hundreds of history books, dragged her children through battlefields, cemeteries, and cou...