Rebel

Richmond, 1861. Nathaniel Starbuck, the son of a prominent Boston abolitionist preacher, is stranded in Virginia as the country moves towards civil war. Rescued from an angry crowd by wealthy landowner Washington Faulconer, Nate accepts a place in the newly raised Faulconer Legion and chooses to fight against his native North beside his friend Adam Faulconer.

The regiment’s march towards First Bull Run exposes conflicts that patriotic rhetoric cannot conceal. Adam doubts his ability to kill, Washington Faulconer seeks military prestige, and Nate must earn the trust of men who regard him as a possible enemy. The novel follows the legion from recruitment into its first battle while confronting the personal loyalties and moral contradictions of service to the slaveholding Confederacy.