In 1864, a drought caused a small lake to recede. What lay at the bottom of the lake sent hundreds of Union soldiers to the small town of Gladeville, Tennessee. In 1861, The men of Gladeville joined the Confederate Army. Union soldiers had taken all of their food and live stock. Among the Gladeville men were two brothers, George and John Cluck. George was nineteen. John was eighteen. Only old men, women, and children remained. Victoria and Candis were betrothed to George and John. Every day, Victoria and Candis went to the Gladeville Church to wait for George and John to return. As the months passed, their hope dimmed but their love grew. Based on fact, fiction, and a local legend, Two Bullets for Sergeant Franks is the story of a Sergeant that held the men together for battle. It is the story of true events from the Confederate archives of George and John's military careers. It is the story of two women who waited for them to return. It is the story of the dead Union soldiers found in the receded lake.
In 1864, a drought caused a small lake to recede. What lay at the bottom of the lake sent hundreds of Union soldiers to the small town of Gladeville, Tennessee. In 1861, The men of Gladeville joined the Confederate Army. Union soldiers had taken all of their food and live stock. Among the Gladeville men were two brothers, George and John Cluck. George was nineteen. John was eighteen. Only old men, women, and children remained. Victoria and Candis were betrothed to George and John. Every day, Victoria and Candis went to the Gladeville Church to wait for George and John to return. As the months passed, their hope dimmed but their love grew. Based on fact, fiction, and a local legend, Two Bullets for Sergeant Franks is the story of a Sergeant that held the men together for battle. It is the story of true events from the Confederate archives of George and John's military careers. It is the story of two women who waited for them to return. It is the story of the dead Union soldiers found in the receded lake.
