Jesse's War The Richmond Saga 1863 Author:Tim Richmond Jesse Wilson Richmond is a teenage boy caught up in the greatest of all American tragedies, the American Civil War. It takes him from enlistment as a carefree youth at the age of fourteen through some of the most heart wrenching battles of the Civil War. It tells the story as only a true son of the South could and outlines the internal struggles... more » of the men in battle and their families at home, while telling the true story of the horrors of war perpetrated by 'The Beast Butler' on the state of Louisiana.« less