In the last decade of her life, Beatty wrote five other novels about the Civil War besides Turn Homeward, Hannalee. In Be Ever Hopeful, Hannalee, Beatty further shows the effects of the Civil War on the South. Charley Skedaddle is about a drummer boy in the Union Army who deserts it. Eben Tyne, Powdermonkey tells of the first battle between ironclad ships. Jayhawker discusses abolitionism. Each of these books displays Beatty's extensive historical research for the backgrounds of her novels.