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Yesterday, I was honored to give a talk at the Galveston Rosenberg Library about my Civil War novel Tangled Honor, and its connections to historical Galveston. That part was fun.
But what gobsmacked me was seeing the table of Civil War artifacts that have been donated to the museum section of the library, My hostess, the library archivist, literally went to her closet somewhere in the beautiful old 1904 building and pulled out these relics to add a little 'spice' to my talk.
The jacket, shirt and sock were donated in 1920 by ancestors of Joe Weekes, a 15-year old Confederate private from Alabama, who she said was captured at Fort Gaines.
I remember spending a very wet weekend inside Ft Gaines back in 2004 with a bunch of 9th Texas guys.
The hardtack, Spencer carbine and box of Colt Army Cartridges were dessert, each with its own donor who she named, but I've forgotten.
Anyway, I wish my closet held such treasures.
But what gobsmacked me was seeing the table of Civil War artifacts that have been donated to the museum section of the library, My hostess, the library archivist, literally went to her closet somewhere in the beautiful old 1904 building and pulled out these relics to add a little 'spice' to my talk.
The jacket, shirt and sock were donated in 1920 by ancestors of Joe Weekes, a 15-year old Confederate private from Alabama, who she said was captured at Fort Gaines.
I remember spending a very wet weekend inside Ft Gaines back in 2004 with a bunch of 9th Texas guys.
The hardtack, Spencer carbine and box of Colt Army Cartridges were dessert, each with its own donor who she named, but I've forgotten.
Anyway, I wish my closet held such treasures.