More Above and Beyond the Call

Ross Brooks should have been mentioned long ago here. We made contact months ago regarding Louisiana and the Civil War. He has been most helpful in working to establish the identity of a photograph of Confederate officer Alvan Read. We have yet to prove who this man was, as more than one soldier by this name who served. Since then, Ross has contributed information on other soldiers. Most recently, he scanned and e-mailed me an 1862 newspaper article that is an eyewitness account of the Battle of Port Republic, where one of my current subject was mortally wounded. Ross, like Jim Power below, is another truly bright spot in my ongoing journey.