In 2014, it was six years since self-publishing my first poetry collection, Leaving Home: Discoveries and Reflections of a Once-Sheltered Life, with Aardvark Global Publishing, LLC. Many of the poems […]
Ernest Smelcer (1903-1991), Pulaski County, Missouri
Ernest Smelcer was born in or near Crocker, Pulaski County, Missouri, on December 15, 1903, to James Benjamin Smelcer and Sarah Elizabeth (McMillian) Smelcer. He was the youngest of nine children. […]
Unlikely a Lincoln: The Improbable Progeny of Honest Abe
October 14, 1968, was a day like any other in Williamsburg, Virginia. It was a rough year nationally for the Civil Rights Movement as the country still reeled from the […]
A Long Journey into Night: Abraham Lincoln’s Corpse at Rest
Although Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in 1865, his final burial didn’t occur until 1901, and only after his coffin had been moved and opened several times. April of 1865 was […]
Poems Previously Published in March
Memoirs of a Witness Tree Among “Nine Cool Things on a Tuesday” I was delighted to see my latest poetry collection, Memoirs of a Witness Tree, among Jama Rattigan’s “nine […]
Throwback Thursday: A Letter from the Commander (#8)
I was elected Commander of the Department of Missouri, Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, for the 2016-2017 administrative year and re-elected for the 2017-2018 administrative year. As part […]
Lorenzo Dow Immell: Medal of Honor Recipient
An Honorable Name: Medal of Honor Recipient 1Lt. Lorenzo Dow Immell Lorenzo Dow Immell was a 1st Lieutenant in Company F of the 2nd U.S. Artillery. His bravery in […]
Throwback Thursday: A Letter from the Commander (#7)
I was elected Commander of the Department of Missouri, Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, for the 2016-2017 administrative year and re-elected for the 2017-2018 administrative year. As part […]
Throwback Thursday: A Letter from the Commander (#6)
I was elected Commander of the Department of Missouri, Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, for the 2016-2017 administrative year and re-elected for the 2017-2018 administrative year. As part […]
Capture the Flag: High-Stakes, Conspicuous Gallantry in the American Civil War
What do the Worrill Grays, Chalmers’ Division, and the 50th Virginia Infantry all have in common? All three Confederate units had their colors captured by Medal of Honor recipients who […]