An Old Familiar Place

Going to Sign! The month of September will be fast and fun with fifteen signings scheduled between the 6th and 28th of the month, and I am ready to get on the road. We've planned some great events beginning with my home base of New Albany. This is where I stay when I'm not county hopping. Come with me and enjoy the company of fine people. Here's my schedule . Please mark your calendar for the one closest to your house. I'll be looking for you. We'll even "leave the light on for you"! Sa turday, September 6, 2014 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. In Bloom Florist and Gifts With John Hickey In Historic Downtown New Albany 139 West Bankhead New Albany, MS 38652 Followed by Family Signing and Gathering Hillcrest Baptist Church Fellowship Hall 2:30 p.m. —Catered late lunch (reserve with Dewey Davidson 662-538-4223) Thursday, September 11, 2014 6:00 p.m. Dinner and Signing Sons of Confederate Veterans Harrisburg Camp With Harry Vinson ...

JOAB From Chapter 4   Listening long for voices that never will speak again, hearing the hoofbeats come and go and fade without a stop … Donald Davidson Said of General Lee after the War   The muffled drum’s sad roll has beat The soldier’s last tattoo; No more on life’s parade shall meet That brave and fallen few. From Bivouac of the Dead Theodore O’Hara Joab spent the night on the bank of the Tennessee River, rose with the first light of day, rolled his blanket, and rode up the hill in knee deep grass to Shiloh. The rain had stopped and the early sun cast cheerful rays through hundreds of live oak trees whose fresh green leaves glistened with every drop that clung for moments and then dropped to the acorn-covered ground. He was seeing the beautiful state of Tennessee for the first time. If not for the sickening thought of blood and treasure strewn across the hills of Shiloh, it wo...