The Besieged Author:Thomas Cullinan Cissy hammond might not have been the prettiest girl in town, but she was no fool. Alone in her house when a Union cavalry regiment took over the small town-her parents gone to Columbia, South Carolina, her brother fighting with the Confederate Army-Cissy did what she had to to protect herself from the invaders.She had no way of knowing that the... more » flirtation she began for her own safety with a handsome young Union officer was to draw her into a twisted triangle that would destroy everyone she loved.« less