The Bible tells us that God is “close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit” (Psalm 34:18 NIV).

In 1863 the Confederate Army was “flushed with victory.” Throughout the summer of that year, the Union had been taking brutal losses. The cost in human lives was high. “Sometimes it looked,” Elizabeth ...

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