April, 1861, the country is on the verge of war and someone is killing the women of Hartford while William Hanlin - State's Attorney, Mexican War veteran - watches his carefully constructed anonymity fray as he is swept back into a world he left abruptly years earlier. Bruce Catton meets Deadwood and Band of Brothers with a dash of John Grisham. William Hanlin's Civil War is rife with adventure, death, intrigue, disillusionment, military justice, bigotry, betrayal, sex, terrorism, cowardice, bravery, literacy, humor, philosophy, religion, madness, and, ultimately, redemption.