Iron Scouts of the Confederacy Book Review

     The Iron Scouts of the Confederacy is written by Lee McGiffin. The Iron Scouts of the Confederacy is a non-fictional story that takes place during the Civil War through the eyes of a 14 year old boy named Ben Fane.

Ben lives on a farm in Alabama with his older Brother Gant. Ben and Gant's mother died when they were young so their father had to raise them alone. When the Civil War began Ben's father goes and joins the war where he dies. One day Ben runs into a stranger named Shelby Harris, a Texan who is going to join the Iron Scouts. The Iron Scouts are an elite group of Confederate Scouts under Wade Hampton, a General in the Confederacy. Shelby convinces Gant to go with him to join the Iron Scouts. After Ben is forbade to go with Gant and Shelby because he is to young, he is left to their rich neighbors to be taken care of while Gant is gone. After his brother is gone for weeks,

Ben decides to run away and join his brother in the Iron Scouts! Join him as he travels north on a journey of a lifetime!