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WBTS & historical musings, wandering thoughts, book comments, and an occasional rant from the backroads and byways of Old Virginia from Civil War author Richard G. Williams, Jr - one of the few remaining men who has actually lived in Virginia all his life. :)

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Name: Richard G. Williams, Jr.
Location: Shenandoah Valley, US

"From Virginia sprung the Southern Mind, a mind which favoured the local community, Burkean conservatism, the folkways of ancestors, an unwavering orthodox Christian faith." ~ Alphonse Vinh

25 February 2007

Comments From the Deep South

I recently received the following comments from a reader who hails from the real deep South - Cuba!
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Mr. Williams:

I came to New Orleans from Cuba in 1964 and I consider myself a friend of the South, I have some relatives in and around Lexington, Virginia and have visited General Jackson's grave. I have also visited other war sites and battlefields. By the way, there are several Cuban connections to the Confederacy here in New Orleans ; Prof. Antonio de la Cova has written about them . . . I am delighted to know that you are related to Pastor Roger Williams.

I read everything (about Stonewall Jackson) and since I already liked General Jackson, your book added many beautiful details about his life. I hope many people will read your book, it has another side and story that must be told. Soon after coming to the USA I became interested in Southern history and I knew that there was more to what I was told in the schools.

May God Bless you and your work.

Jorge Maspons
New Orleans, Louisiana

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