The Famished Country — Jennifer Bohnhoff

They survived the battles. Can they survive the road home? As he retreats down the Rio Grande with the defeated Confederate Army, Jemmy Martin fears what his parents will say when he returns without the mules they depend on for their farm. Cian, an Irish orphan, wants to leave the Union Army and rejoin the injured man who promised him a home. Nuevo Mexicano Raul Atencio tries to protect his family from both Armies without getting entangled in either. The battles are over, but disease, starvation, hate, and death still threaten. Can Jemmy, Cian and Raul survive the aftermath of war?