Elise the Actress

Time Period:  Jan. 1864 - April 1865  With the nation convulsed by civil war, Elise Brannon wants people to look past the depressing news that arrives daily from the battlefields: Through her love of acting, she''ll make them laugh and forget-at least for awhile. But even her optimism is challenged when a family friend dies from battle wounds. . .she''s captured by a band of deserters. . .and Pres...