Timing is Everything

While scrolling through a microfilmed version of the Doles-Cook Brigade history at the Library of Congress, I came across a brief biography of Lt. William Crawford Wimberly of the Fourth Georgia Infantry. The name jogged my memory — I remembered scanning his carte de visite in April 2005 while visiting collector David Vaughan in Atlanta. I had originally dismissed the image from inclusion in the book because I was not able to track him after the war. Now, with new information in hand, I reopened his file.

I posted requests on Genealogy.com and The Civil War Message Board Portal, and within twenty-four hours received an e-mail from the president of a Georgia chapter of the Sons of Confederate Veterans. One of the men in his organization was a descendant of the lieutenant! Soon I was in contact with Milo Wimberly, who informed me that a rededication of Lt. Wimberly’s gravesite was scheduled in two weeks.

Milo will be in contact with more information after the ceremony — and I can’t wait to hear more!