Series: Union Army Auditor Returns Home in 1864 to Rescue His Abused Seven-Year-Old Son, Uncovering an In-Law Betrayal over a $150,000 War Estate That Ends in Permanent Family Tragedy

The war ended, slowly, painfully, bleeding into the new era of Reconstruction. But for Thomas and me, the personal war against Silas Pembroke continued, a [more…]

One year later, almost to the day of my frantic return to Alexandria, I found myself in a cramped, drafty Union Veterans’ Bureau waiting room [more…]