The Destiny of Men (ePub)

"The Destiny of Men," is a true and moving account of the
lives of two ordinary Americans at a time in America's history, when ordinary
men were called upon to do extraordinary deeds.  Louis Worcester, a Northern born Southerner and William Troup a
youth from Pennsylvania were just two of the many who were called to arms by
the cataclysmic events of the 1860's. 
The lives of these two patriots to their causes, forever changed that
summer of 1861, when they began different; yet, parallel paths that would ultimately
culminate on the fields of a southeastern Pennsylvania crossroads in the summer
of 1863.

Troubled by the horrors of war, these two men on different
sides of a national crisis were determined to do their duty in spite of the
potential cost to themselves and to their families.  Their destiny, as is the destiny of all men, lay in the hands of
God.  This they believed and in this
belief they trusted.  Troup and
Worcester perceived the war from two different military perspectives.style="mso-spacerun: yes">  One an artilleryman and the other an
infantryman, participated in every major battle between the Army of Northern
Virginia and the Army of the Potomac, prior to the fall of 1863.style="mso-spacerun: yes">  Each witnessed the ultimate sacrifice made
by so many for the causes they so fervently believed.  Each was equally willing to make the same sacrifice if so called
upon by their nation or their Almighty. 
"The Destiny of Men" follows Troup and Worcester from their enlistments
in pre-war excitement of 1861 through the arduous first two years of the war, climaxing
on the slopes of a hill outside Gettysburg.