T HANKS GO OUT TO THESE DEDICATED ARCHIVISTS , THE UNSUNG HEROES of the historical world:
Mark Palmer and Willie Maryland, Alabama Department of Archives and History, Montgomery; Tom Wing, Fort Smith National Historic Site, Fort Smith, Arkansas; Ron Wilson, Appomattox National Historic Site; Bettie Spratt and Sheila Heflin, Owensboro/Daviess County Public Library, Owensboro, Kentucky; Pat Hodges, Kentucky Museum, Bowling Green; Karen Moran, Lincoln Heritage Public Library, Dale, Indiana; John Selch, Indiana State Library, Indianapolis; Ron Bryant, Kentucky Historical Society, Frankfort; Marc Wellman and Charlene Bonnette, Louisiana State Library, Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Karen Kaiser, Sherman, Texas, Public Library; John Reynolds, the Reynolds Homestead, Critz, Virginia; John and Ruth Ann Coski, Museum of the Confederacy, Richmond; Randy Hack-enburg, United States Army Military History Institute, Carlisle, Pennsylvania; Daniel Rolph, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; and Fred Bauman, Manuscripts Division, Library of Congress. Thanks also to the staffs of the Virginia State Library, the Arkansas State History Commission, the Kansas State Historical Society, the Anderson, South Carolina, Public Library, the Tennessee State Library and Archives, the Illinois State Historical Society Library, and to those willing to share personal collections: Roger Norton, Hubert Dye, James Enos, Ronald Leonard, Rod Beemer, Jim James, and Randy Leonard.
A special thanks to Leigh Ann Berry, editor, for many things, but mostly, her patience. Finally the authors sincerely wish to thank Charles and Scarlet Coalson, and Denise Coalson for their support throughout this project.
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