The following people have generously shared their information and/or research with me. Without their help, some of what you see here would not have been possible........
Elaine Ballard
John Bellotti
Doris J. Benedict
Frank Benedict
Sheldon Cotton
Barb Curtindale
Helen Curtis
Margaret A. Blehm-Dahl
Lari Davidson
Margaret Brown Fearn
William Loomis Gillies
Sandy Green
Gloria Hall
Nancy Stein Hegedus
Kim Leese, Civil War Historian
Chuck Loeher
Kathleen Makstutis
Shari Orr
Ken Papini
Larry Papini Jr.
Marsha Redden
MaryAnn Roe
Debbie Van Dyke
Mary Verch
Robbie Wilson
And thanks to everyone else who gave me helpful little snippets of info along the way!
Background is from grsites.com