Book Jacket Design

Yesterday's developments also included an email with an attachment of the book jacket design. I am thrilled with it! The design in consistent with Union Faces. The carte de visite selected by the designer is one of my favorites — Sgt. William Smith of the Twelfth Virginia Infantry. Wounded twice during the war (South Mountain in 1862 and the Wilderness in 1864), he survived and served as a militia colonel during the Spanish-American War. The reflective quality of the cover, which does not come through in this visual has what some describe as a ghostly quality, but what strikes me as a positive-negative image quality that is visible on original images of the period.