Dear, Dear Sister~   I trust this finds you well. I know Mother is enjoying your visit. Is Father still as he was when I was there last?

  The sun has finally begun to shine here and in Maine. How wonderful to feel His warmth upon my face again. I am with hope that the gardens may be saved. There are still areas under water.  

                                                                                                                  June 6, 1864
My Dear Brother Michael,

Dear Sister~  

The shadow is growing ever darker here with Father. Mother says he had a close call one day last week before my return, but doc was able to bring him around. Perhaps my going north for the few days was not such a good idea afterall. He is holding his own, but since my return, once again I am not known to him.  

The 29th Georgia infantry at Norlands, Livermore Falls, Maine, in 2005.

October 16, 2004 - A photo of the battle at Cedar Creek, Virginia. Photo compliments of the 15th Alabama's website, http://www.mainerebels.org

September 13, 1997 - 135th Anniversary of the Battle of Antietem. Photo by Michael Johnson.