Gary Cole of Bullard TX and a member of the General Joseph
L. Hogg SCV Camp 972 in Rusk, Texas was promoting his recently published
historical novel, 12 April.
The attached summary provides a brief introduction to the book which is based
on the life of Richard Wesley Cole, a private in the Confederate Army who rode
with General Nathan Bedford Forrest during the war. Alabama Division and compatriots of The
Prattville Dragoons Camp 1524 will enjoy the many references to General Forrest
and Fayette County, Alabama. The book includes the Confederate military service
of two Alabama soldiers and the dedication of the Confederate Monuments in
Jasper and Fayette, Alabama. 12
April will be a welcome addition to each Compatriot's personal
library.
Richard's story begins in Tuscaloosa
County on the Alabama frontier during the early 1800's. The first chapter of
the book references the War of 1812, the Creek Indian War, and the issues of
States' Rights and the strict interpretation of the Constitution that emerged
intact from the second war with Great Britain and ultimately divided the
Nation. It discusses the division of the Mississippi Territory into the Alabama
Territory and the State of Mississippi and Alabama's entry into the Union as
the 22nd State. It tracks the growth of Alabama's population from 9,046 in 1810
and follows Richard's experiences common to growing up on the Alabama frontier,
including a 100-plus mile trip to the U.S. General Land Office in Huntsville to
Patent his forty acres of land. Chapter Two discusses Richard's weeks-long move
from Fayette County in 1840 to the Mississippi frontier.
When the War Between the States
came, Richard lived in Black Hawk, Mississippi. All of the issues of the era,
including States' Rights, slavery, secession, and the brutality of the war and
Reconstruction were experienced by Richard and his family and were common to
the experiences of families in Alabama and the rest of the South.
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