Edward Hale wrote a story called "The Man Without a Country". It is about a man named phillip Nolan, who was a Army lutenant. He renounced his country during a trial. He did this for treason, and was consequently sentenced to spend the rest of his days at sea without so much as a word of news about the United States. This story is set in the 19th Century, and it is about the upheaval of the American Civil War.