Don't Sell My Buggy!

This novels theme is based on facts events and historical locations in Tennessee Mississippi Illinois Missouri and Louisiana that occurred between 1830 and 1923. The story focuses on the lives of Mary Jane Hubbard (b. in GA ca.1835) her husband Moses Pierce Harrison (b. in AR ca. 1833) and their family members. Civil War battles in Shiloh Tennessee and Corinth and Iuka Mississippi influenced the familys movements and well being during this time period. Moses Harrison was wounded during the battle of Iuka captured and shipped by rail to the federal prison in Joliet Illinois until the wars end in 1865. From 1866 to 1884 the family lived in marble Hill Missouri. Then they returned to Iuka Mississippi where they remained until Moses death in 1894. The books title Dont Sell My Buggy! is based on Mary Jane Harrisons constant instructions to her son not to sell her buggy.