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A Witness in Heaven

by Gilbert Morris Book 10 in the Appomattox Saga series.

First published 1998

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3.8(145)

Austin and Marie Bristol confront the Civil War’s final collapse as surrender ends formal fighting but does not restore the lives, property or relationships destroyed by it. The Rocklin family must decide how to live with grief and former enemies.

The concluding novel links Appomattox to the beginnings of reunion and Reconstruction. Christian forgiveness provides the central moral framework, while the ending recognises that peace requires more than military surrender.

Historical Periods

Emancipation and Reconstruction1863–1877 CE Surrender at Appomattox Court House9 April 1865

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Christian Fiction Family Sagas Historical Sagas Romance War Fiction

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