Set in Civil War Richmond, Virginia, a city awash in the blood of sick and wounded soldiers as well as the seat of government as the Confederate capital, Ann McMillan's Civil War Mystery series features a complex cast of characters from every echelon of Civil War southern society. Dead March, first in the series is a medical mystery set in 1861. It begins with a grave robbery by the "sack-'em-up men," who supply cadavers for the medical college.