A story about Gob and Tomo Woodhall, eleven-year old twin sons of Victoria Woodhall, agree to together forsake their home and family in Ohio for the glories of the Union Army and on the night of their departure for the war, Gob suffers a change of heart, and Tomo is forced to leave his brother behind and Gob left to endure the guilt and grief that will bring Tomo-indeed, all the Civil War dead-back to life creates a fantastic capturing the spirit of a fevered nation populated with lost brothers and lost souls.