![]() ![]() Help comes from an unexpected source and she escapes, alone and desperate, but driven by thoughts of home, family, and the promises made by her rescuer. Louis, Adair manages to keep her spirit intact, though her health begins to fail. That hope unravels when Adair is also arrested, having been denounced for ‘aiding the enemy’ by a fellow traveler. They set out to find their father and bring him home. That ends in November of 1864, the day the Union Militia arrests Squire Colley on dubious charges of treason, leaving daughter Adair and her younger sisters alone, their house burning. The Colley family has survived four years of uncertainty by remaining neutral. Troops from both sides have made the Ozark Mountain area a place of terror and violence. ![]() While the state of Missouri is officially Union, the southeastern part of the state is largely Confederate. Less well known are the ways in which the war affected lives far from those famous battlefields. ![]() Most Americans know why the Civil War was fought and can name some of the battles or identify major figures on both sides. ![]()
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