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Mrs. Alton Leger of Handsboro, Mississippi, all provided valuable genealogical, historical, and personal memorabilia.
Our kinsman, the late Hon. Sam J. Ervijli, Jr. of Morganton, North Carolina, honored my grandfather?s memory by writing the forward, for which I am most grateful.
Heading the list of non-relatives is the late Dr. Bell Ervin Wiley, of Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia. Dr. Wiley is one of the nation?s outstanding historians, friend and teacher of my brother, Hermann, at the University of Mississippi. I thank him for his guidance.
G. Alister Henry of Montrose, Alabama, whose great uncle, Lt. Charles Edwin Taylor, served from Handsboro with my grandfather in Adams Rifles, unselfishly made available his voluminous Taylor letters, journals, and diaries. He was most helpful in deciphering difficult handwriting.
Edwin C. Bearss, distinguished author, Chief Historian for the National Park Service, and founder of the Civil War Round Table in Mississippi, interrupted a busy schedule of research for a critical reading of the manuscript. I am indebted to Dr. Richard Sommers, archivist-historian, United States Army Military History Institute at Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania. His painstaking analysis of the manuscript and subsequent suggestions were invaluable.
M James Stevens of Gulfport, Mississippi, owner of the Confederate Inn and member of the Board of Directors of the Mississippi Historical Society, gave me access to his vast collection of Confederate papers and counseled with me on numerous occasions. Williaml C. Davis, editor, Civil War Times. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was ever ready with assistance.
The Honorable William F. Winter, former Lt. Governor and Governor of Mississippi and president of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History, the department director, Elbert R. Hilliard, and the staff were generous is making these facilities available for research and consultation.
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