A Stunning and Timely Development!

I've exchanged numerous e-mails over the last week with two experts on the Gibson family of Louisiana. The subject: John McKinley Gibson of the Thirteenth Louisiana Infantry. Yesterday was a landmark day, as I shared my draft profile with one expert, Mary McBride, who will soon be publishing a long-awaited book on McKinley's brother, Randall Lee Gibson. She found several gaps in my summary of McKinley's life, and this resulted in many e-mails sent between all parties. I went to sleep last night fretting about where to find the missing information, but hopeful that one of these two experts could help. This morning, I received an e-mail from the other expert, genealogist Bill LaBach. He received an e-mail out of the blue from a man who has a journal kept by McKinley as a young man. A stunning and timely development!