It was later to find that I had walked into the location of the 6th Alabama commanded by Col. John B. Gordon. So, my story is backwards from what most people think. I did not have a great interest in the American Civil War until after the episode at The Sunken Road and after reading about Gordon in an old Civil War magazine a year and a half later.

P.S. A Turning point? Was there a teacher, a book, or an event that inspired/influenced what you do, or started you on your path?

Seeing my face in an American Civil War magazine in 1992. The photo was of Confederate General John B. Gordon. Gordon had been wounded eight times during the war (five times in one day at the Sunken Road during the Battle of Antietam) but lived until January 1904. I bought the magazine while on a visit to Antietam Battlefield.

Many people are startled by the resemblance when they view our pictures side by side. I realize now after ten years of discoveries that I have always had a connection to General John B Gordon. Do I still feel things now that I know the connection? Yes, before, during and after the discovery of the Gordon connection. All my life strange things had been happening to me, I just did not understand them until I had delved into John Gordon’s lifetime. I tell people that, “I did not find Gordon, he found me in an old farm road called Bloody Lane.”

P.S. What are you working on currently, and what is your next project?

Many of the things that Gordon did in his life are similar to things I have done or that I am in the process of doing at this time. Gordon's book, Reminiscences of the Civil War, came out in 1903, mine in 2003. I spent 35 years in Fire/Rescue and you can not get much closer to a combat unit in civilian life that the Fire Department. After Gen. Gordon retired from politics (twice Gov. of Georgia, three time Senator) he traveled the lecture circuit trying to reunite the peoples of the North and South. Now that I have retired from the Fire Dept, I have the time to travel and lecture to people about reincarnation with the hope that they too can be reunited but in this case the reunification is with themselves, the realization of who and what they truly are. 

P.S. A favourite book/quote you were inspired/influenced by?

"There are only two ways to live your life.
One is as though NOTHING is a miracle,
the other is as though EVERYTHING is a miracle."
                                                                           Albert Einstein

P.S. You are going on a much deserved holiday, what treasured items are you most likely to always pack and take with you?

A box of good cigars.

P.S. What would you like to be when you 'grow up'?

Smarter.

P.S. When you are not working, how do you have fun?

I like reading and traveling. I really enjoy talking to people. One on one, or large groups, it does matter.

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