Helen Gardner's Wedding-Day, also known as Colonel Floyd's Wards: A Battle Summer, is a novel written by Marion Harland. The story follows the life of Helen Gardner, a young woman who is left orphaned and is taken in by Colonel Floyd, a wealthy and respected member of society. Helen grows up under his care, along with his two other wards, and becomes a beautiful and accomplished young lady. As the Civil War breaks out, the lives of the characters...