I am not sure I am using the right module or if I should be using a plugin but I would like a slideshow within the body of an article. Which product is capable of doing this. I have the Awesome image slider installed and it doesn't seem to give an option of using it in an article.

Dear Trent J Perez,

Vina Awesome Image Slider does not support to load article. We have another module support that: Vina Camera Slider for Content.
This module support load item from article with nice effect. You can see live demo there: joomla.vinagecko.com/extensions/?extension=camera_content

Best regards.