David H. Jones | April 25, 2008
My great great grandfather, James Touchstone, was a blacksmith in Port Deposit, Cecil County, Maryland at the beginning of the Civil War. In August of 1862, he joined the US 6th Maryland Infantry at a Lieutenant and Quartermaster and was discharged in October of 1864 due to poor health that resulted from hardship and exposure [...]
David H. Jones | April 24, 2008
After flying from JFK to BWI, we enjoyed a couple of days of relaxation and good food in Baltimore before heading for our next speaking engagement in Port Deposit. We visited Fort McHenry and enjoyed other sights in the historic city, but there was one place that we were drawn to that had special meaning [...]
David H. Jones | April 23, 2008
Green-Wood Cemetery, one of the most historic cemeteries in the United States, is located in Brooklyn, New York, right across the East River from downtown Manhattan. It is the final resting place of the Prentiss brothers, buried side by side, near the Historic Chapel of Green-Wood [...]
David H. Jones | April 23, 2008
When publicity circulated on Long Island about my talks scheduled for the North Shore Civil War Round Table in Huntington Station, New York and at Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York, Tom Casey, the President of the Walt Whitman Birthplace Association contacted me and asked if I could speak to his group as my book [...]
David H. Jones | April 21, 2008
Dian and I returned to California a week ago from a trip to New York and Maryland during which time I made four presentations regarding Two Brothers: One North, One South. It was a wonderful experience and we had a fine time meeting many nice people. The first event was for the North Shore Civil [...]
David H. Jones | April 20, 2008
I established this blog a number of months ago and have done little with it. This has got to change! There are many wonderful things happening with Two Brothers: One North, One South that I need to describe in this little chunk of cyberspace . . . and hopefully an interested audience will be attracted over time. [...]
