Many times, people will ask about my favorite part of a
book. Well, I like all of it. If I didn't like a part, I rewrote it! That being
said, I deeply enjoyed researching the chapter on Montgomery.
It is surprising that I don't write more about Alabama.
Portions of my family first moved to the state in the 1840s. I have a score of
Alabama ancestors who fought for the Confederacy. My dad was born in Alabama; I
graduated from the University of Alabama (I could go on). However, The Capitals of the Confederacy is the
first time I have ever put pen on paper and written about the state. Other parts of the book I have written about
in the past. I've covered Richmond in other projects, most notably The Battle of Hanover Court House. Danville
has had a mention or two, as had Greensboro in North Carolina in the Civil War as well as Tar Heels in the Army of Tennessee: The Fifty-eighth North Carolina
Troops. And of course, I go into great depths about Charlotte and the War
in Civil War Charlotte: Last Capital of
the Confederacy.

I'm looking forward to getting back to Montgomery and
Alabama in general. It's been a couple of years since my boots trod the red
clay of my ancestors.
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