Preacher and Co

The horrors of war have taken their toll on Campbell McCool, a freshly-discharged young Confederate Army doctor. Having accidentally shot a young Union Soldier after peace had been declared, Cam pledges to himself and to the dying lad to seek out the boy¿s parents in an effort somehow to help them reconcile their son¿s not returning after the war. With his home and family destroyed by the war, Cam starts his journey northward, preaching along the way as his ordained minister father...
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The horrors of war have taken their toll on Campbell McCool, a freshly-discharged young Confederate Army doctor. Having accidentally shot a young Union Soldier after peace had been declared, Cam pledges to himself and to the dying lad to seek out the boy¿s parents in an effort somehow to help them reconcile their son¿s not returning after the war. With his home and family destroyed by the war, Cam starts his journey northward, preaching along the way as his ordained minister father had done before him -- this, in a vain attempt at self-healing and to gain some renewed purpose in life. Campbell crosses paths with Tademus Co (pronounced Coe), a spirited young homeless black boy about nine years of age. Tad is also embarking on a mission of his own which is to find his father who had joined a black Union regiment. Unable to discourage Tad¿s following him, Cam soon succumbs to the boy¿s charm and takes on the mission of helping Tad find his father. Such an unlikely duo, traveling in post-Civil War American, attracts trouble while facing a myriad of dangers along the way.