Captain John McBee's war in 1863 starts on an icy road in Virginia and reaches through four states to end brutally in the frozen mountains of southeastern Kentucky. In January, three dozen new recruits arrive to northern Virginia, green as grass, needing a firm hand at drill. Meanwhile, a hundred miles away in Lexington, Faith Samuelson is an uninvited houseguest about to give birth to twins. After General Stonewall Jackson's tragic death in May,...