"Focuses on the struggles of Civil War veteran Thomas L. Wragg, Confederate officer, prisoner of war, and successful doctor. Documents General Joseph E. Johnston's army at Harpers Ferry and the Battle of Bull Run, Wragg's training on the CSS Georgia, his imprisonment, his courtship, and the effects of posttraumatic stress"--Provided by publisher.

Introduction: a time of prosperity and peace, 1843-1861 -- The OLI, Company B, and the Eighth Georgia Infantry from Savannah to Bull Run, 1861 -- All quiet on the eastern front, summer of 1861-spring of 1862 -- Naval notebook, on board the CSS Georgia, Savannah Squadron, 1863 -- The capture of the CSS Atlanta, Wassaw Sound, Savannah, June 17, 1863 -- Fort Warren Prison, Boston Harbor, June 1863-October 1864 -- James River Squadron to Semmes's Brigade, 1864-65 -- Confederate veteran returns to Reconstruction Georgia, 1865 -- Courtship by correspondence, 1866-68 -- Railroad agent, bookkeeper, farmer, store owner, conductor, doctor, 1868-78 -- "Coonbottom" to Quincy, 1878-89 -- Power, kinship, and murder, 1889-91 -- Epilogue: running from scandal -- Appendix: Tomas L. Wragg poetry.