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The Last Full Measure
by Ann Rinaldi
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Tacy faces the Battle of Gettysburg as armies fill the roads, wounded men occupy familiar buildings and violence threatens her family and a free Black friend. Her disabled brother David refuses the passivity others expect of him and searches for a meaningful role amid the emergency.
The novel continues beyond the fighting into burial, mourning and the effort to restore ordinary life. By focusing on children, disabled civilians and Black residents endangered by Confederate capture, it broadens the meaning of sacrifice beyond soldiers and asks what the nation’s promised “last full measure” demanded from those who never enlisted.
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