This is the story of Thomas and Kate Logan as well as the story of antebellum America through the War and Reconstruction. Books on the American Civil War are legion; that was perhaps the most challenging obstacle in writing this biography of a Logan family member. The urge to use previously published material was undeniable and an obviously avoidable error. As much as I could, I used original source material to tell the story of a young couple's journey through the antebellum South, a war ravaged country and the rebuilding of a State, largely through their eyes and the eyes of their family.