First Confederate profile

Second lieutenant John L. Ells of the Third Georgia Infantry is the first Confederate soldier to be profiled for the companion volume to FOTCW. This morning, Memorial Day 2005, I began recording information collected from a variety of sources, including research by David Vaughan, a Georgia image collector from Atlanta. I met with David last month, and he generously allowed me to scan his collection of CDVs, including Ells. Vaughan was kind enough to provide me with all the information he's collected to date. I am grateful for his help, and am pleased to begin my work on this volume with an image from his fine collection.