It is a great book Cump. That's where a few of my ancestors came from. Wilkes County and near there. It's been a while since I read the book. But I really enjoyed it. And the movie......who couldn't love Nicole Kidman? hahahaaaa. I loved the lead up to the Petersburg mine in the movie. Where all the soldiers were laying down in preparation for the assault. Old Billy Mahone sure had something for them.