Warrior's Song
It is November 1864 and Atlanta has just fallen. Sayre Howard, age 14, and the freed slave, Freeman, are anxiously awaiting the appearance of Sherman’s army. Her father has been away for two years fighting with Lee’s army, and her mother has recently died. Her farm near Griswoldville, Georgia is small. She and Freeman have hidden their cow, a pig and chickens in the hills behind the house along with her beloved Saddlebred, Southern Warrior. He is safe until Joe, the most notorious Bummer in the army, discovers his hiding place and steals him. Saddlebreds were prized mounts in the Civil War. Many officers rode them because they had great endurance, were beautiful and intelligent. Unaware of the dangers that await her, Sayre, now disguised as a boy, sets out to find her horse, and Freeman, realizing the danger, decides to go with her to protect her. They are both now caught in a life and death struggle in Sherman’s March Through Georgia and the ultimate victory for the North.