The Civil War was fought by men. Men started it and men ended it. At least that is what everyone thought. With Civil War destroying the country, Mary Adams and Lynn Rhodes decide to help even if they aren't wanted. Mary joins an aid society and helps to heal the wounded, eventually meeting Clara Barton. Lynn joins her twin brother and disguises herself as a boy to fight alongside the men and boys of the Union army. Each of them faces different challenges as they struggle to be treated as equals. During the Battle of Antietam, these two very different girls, who choose two very different...

By 1863 the Civil War has become so deadly that both sides begin breaking the rules. When an angry Southern army invades Pennsylvania, young African American Randy Lightfoot is kidnapped, beaten, and imprisoned at Richmond till he is rescued by George's father. Will George and his father help Randy return to freedom? Will Randy be forced to take a stand in a war where the only rules left are the rules of survival?