Destiny of Men

&quote;The Destiny of Men,&quote; is a true and moving account of thelives of two ordinary Americans at a time in America's history, when ordinarymen were called upon to do extraordinary deeds. Louis Worcester, a Northern born Southerner and William Troup ayouth from Pennsylvania were just two of the many who were called to arms bythe cataclysmic events of the 1860's.The lives of these two patriots to their causes, forever changed thatsummer of 1861, when they began different; yet, parallel paths that would ultimatelyculminate on the fields of a southeastern Pennsylvania crossroads in the summerof 1863.Troubled by the horrors of war, these two men on differentsides of a national crisis were determined to do their duty in spite of thepotential cost to themselves and to their families. Their destiny, as is the destiny of all men, lay in the hands ofGod. This they believed and in thisbelief they trusted. Troup andWorcester perceived the war from two different military perspectives. One an artilleryman and the other aninfantryman, participated in every major battle between the Army of NorthernVirginia and the Army of the Potomac, prior to the fall of 1863. Each witnessed the ultimate sacrifice madeby so many for the causes they so fervently believed. Each was equally willing to make the same sacrifice if so calledupon by their nation or their Almighty.&quote;The Destiny of Men&quote; follows Troup and Worcester from their enlistmentsin pre-war excitement of 1861 through the arduous first two years of the war, climaxingon the slopes of a hill outside Gettysburg.