Broken Plates Reflections of a Civil War Veteran

"John Dougherty Warfel served in the 71st Ohio Infantry during every year of the Civil War. He had to resolve the conflicts between the religious pacifism and abolitionism of his family background. After the war he lived a long life, raising a large family on a farm in Jasper County, Illinois. This book frames the actual experiences of his life as a first person and fictional narrative as he reviews his legacy and approaches his death. He realizes that the conflicts he tried to resolve in himself and in the world around him will continue far into the future." from the back cover.