Vol. 9, No. 3
Richmond, Ky.
Parker was there
Artist Joe Lovell’s depiction of the Surrender at Appomattox clearly shows Lt. Col. Ely Parker (second from right) among those in attendance at the April 9,
1865, event. Also depicted are (from left) Gen. Robert E. Lee, Lt. Col. Charles Marshall, Major Gen. Phillip Sheridan, Lt. Col. Orville Babcock, Lt. Col.
Horace Porter, Major Gen. Edward Ord, Lt. Gen. U.S. Grant (at table), Brig. Gen. Seth Williams, Lt. Col. Theodore Bowers, Parker and Brevet Major Gen.
George Custer. See story.
‘Ready, aim,
fire!’
Re-enactor Justin Ashbaugh
(left) helps 10-year-old
Trent Hillard hold a Civil War
rifle as re-enactor Bill Sanders
(right) demonstrates how
to aim the rifle to 13-year-old
Braden Clark during the 21st annual Battle of Sacramento
May 16. See story.
Book signing
One of the new Civil War
novels of 2015 is discussed
with two Madison County
visitors at a “Meet the Author”
June event at Hastings Book
Store in Richmond. Author
Ed Ford talks about his book,
“The Plot,” with Deb (center)
and Emily Jones.
– Photo by Roy Varney
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