In addition to history, I write fiction that probes people in history and the unique situations they faced. The following are stories related either to Gettysburg or the Civil War. Several of them have been published in journals, while others are exclusive to this site.

I See Through a Pink Mist: A Union artillery officer leaves a letter to his family to be opened at his death.

Make Their Ears Heavy, Shut Their Eyes: An old man goes to Gettysburg to hear the president speak and collect the remains of his son who was killed at the Angle in Pickett’s Charge. A further tragedy ensues.

Ain’t No Pa Like My Pa: The concussion from a shell explosion leaves a Mississippi man gravely damaged . . . with ramifications that stretch generations.

The Day of Your Reward: An old Gettysburg resident looks back on the members of his family taken by the Civil War.

The Worm Dieth Not: John Rose helped bury hundreds of dead on his brother’s farm . . . and now his daughter is breaking down.

The Ecclesiastes by Solomon Page: A man from Georgia’s 59th Infantry lies at the edge of the Wheatfield mortally wounded, as daylight and sanity fade.

No One Is Coming for Us: Spirits of those killed in Pickett’s Charge mingle with modern-day tourists at the battlefield.

The Union Forever: A grievously wounded Union soldier awakens at night in the middle of July 2’s dead and wounded. A noise catches his attention, and he makes a horrific discovery.