S3EP40, Michael Shaffer Civil War Historian and Author of a new book on Civil War veteran, Tom Colley

Michael Shaffer traveled to rural southwest Virginia for a church
history talk; the story of a Methodist church that was built a
year after the Civil War ended. Afterwards, an older lady
presented a trunk full of papers and letters from Tom Colley, her
relative who spent years as a member of the 1st Virginia Cavalry.
She asked Michael to take the materials and create a book.
Michael agreed on the spot. 


 


From that trunk of materials, Michael Shaffer began piecing
together Tom Colley’s story into the book, “Of Memory of Self and
Comrades.” This collection of letters recounts Tom Colley’s
service in the including his near death experience on the
battlefield as well as the demons that appeared long after the
bullets stopped.


 


Michael and Bill also discuss ways to tell the story of the South
and the recent controversy over Confederate monuments. 


 


Michael’s Website


http://www.civilwarhistorian.net


 


Amazon book link


https://www.amazon.com/Memory-Self-Comrades-Recollections-Virginia/dp/162190430X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1546710057&sr=8-1&keywords=in+memory+of+self+and+comrades