Barbara Wilkerson Donnelly, Joy Rubins Morris, Rainer Klauss, Bobby Cochran, Collins (CE) Wynn, Eddie Sykes, Don Wynn, Paula Spencer Kephart, Cherri Polly Massey
Contributors: The Members of Lee High School Classes of 64-65-66 and Others
This weekend we turn back time - don't we wish? Please send me some stories to share with your classmates, I'm running out of ideas and I know you don't want this to end.
Please include your class year with your e-mails.
T. Tommy
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Last Week's
Mystery Photo
Current Open Topics
Do you have any memories of a special something that you were given, but may not still have? Send in any graduation present memories you would like to share with your classmates.
Do you have a story about the first big thing you bought with money earned from your first real job, either during or after Lee?
What did you do or do you have planned for your 60th Birthday?
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This Week's
Mystery Photo
You can see from the ruler that this is a small cedar box. Who had one, where did you get it, and what did you keep in it? Who still has one and what is in it now? The mysteries will be revealed next week.
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From Our
Mailbox
Another Lee Classmate
Joins the List of Publishers
by Tommy Towery
Class of '64
Although he probably did not mean for me to publish this, John Scales, Class of '66, sent me this memo last week after seeing that I had also had published a new book. John wrote:
"Congratulations on your 4th book. My first one is now out "Sherman Invades Georgia" from Naval Institute Press. Let's hope they all do well! One thing for sure, my old English teachers would never believe it."
I went to the Amazon.com site and found the book listed there
by Brigadier General John R. Scales, USA (Ret.), Naval Institute Press, $34.95 Hardcover | 288 pages | 1591148154 | September 2006
Book Description
The Atlanta Campaign of 1864 was one of the most interesting and important campaigns of the Civil War. Though the Confederate army was strong and capable, Major General William Tecumseh Sherman, the Union commander, successfully took Atlanta with few casualties, using his superior numbers to maneuver the Confederate soldiers from successive strong positions.
Sherman Invades Georgia takes advantage of modern planning techniques to fully examine what went into the Georgia campaign. Unlike other studies, though, this one puts the reader squarely into the mind of General Sherman on the eve of his most famous military undertaking - limiting the information to that possessed by Sherman at the time, as documented in his correspondence during the campaign and not in his after-the-fact reports and autobiography.
Laid out in chapters that follow the format of an "estimate of the situation," this book doesn’t simply recount the facts or attempt to provide a definitive history—other books do that—rather it offers a narrative of the campaign that illustrates a logical decision-making process as formulated in modern times. Published in cooperation with the Associations of the United States Army, the book serves two audiences: military professionals can use it for training purposes and Civil War buffs and interested laymen can gain a sense of the uncertainty that real commanders face by not having all the records of both sides at hand.
From the Back Cover
"The historical study of operational art is an undervalued discipline. As a result, the profession of arms is deprived of perspectives which can inform our current operations. General John Scales provides a welcome addition to the field with this timely book on Sherman’s Atlanta Campaign. General Scales offers a helpful construct that illustrates the complexities of battle and walks the reader through many of the factors leaders in war must consider. It is well worth a read."--General Peter J. Schoomaker, U.S. Army
"Now listen up! Get away from that PC, roll up your sleeves and go to war alongside General William Tecumseh Sherman and Brigadier General (ret) John Scales. Why did Sherman make the decisions he did with the information he had at hand? Why might he have decided differently? What decisions would YOU have made? The author walks us methodically toward the answers and permits us to learn enthusiastically about a commander's ‘estimate of the situation.’ Such estimates remain the essence of decision in warfare--arguably any kind of warfare."--William J. Taylor, Jr., Senior Adviser, Center for Strategic and International Studies.
John's book is available from Amazon if you are interested. Way to go John.
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Bobby Cochran, Class of '64 - Hi Tommy! I haven't had the chance to follow up on your "Mystery" classmate attending the recent "mini-reunion."
Didn't know if the the guy's been "outed" yet, but he sure looks like one Phillip Michael Chisam to me.
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Subject:Steve Northway
Paula Kephart
Class of '65
paulakay07@comcast.net
I would so like to get in touch with Arlene, Steve's wife.
Dwight and I spent many days and nights with them playing almost every card game you can remember. They moved to Conn. the last time I heard. Arlene and I were both teachers and, so please, if you have her email address, please, please send it to me. Thanks.
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Subject:Explorer Scouts and Civil War
Bobby Cochran
Class of '64
Do you remember our Explorer post's visits to the Shiloh National Battlefield Park back in the early 1960's? I still stay close to the activities of "The Civil War Preservation Trust," a non-profit organization of volunteers who are trying to preserve the existing land upon which our forefathers spilled their blood fighting for the cause in which they believed.
Recently, just outside the "hotbed" of development on Civil War land near Richmond, Virginia, a property developer took it upon themselves to dig up land belonging to the Civil War Preservation Trust and others.
I won't bore you here with the details, but basically they "flipped the bird" to the CWPT people who challenged their activities.
If i remember correctly, Bob Ramsey, Butch Adcock, and you and I were members of the post. Do you remember any other of our Lee classmates who were members?
I thought if any others were interested in helping with preservation of the land for future explorers and "Civil War buffs" I could provide some basic information about this really dedicated group of volunteers.
All the best!!! Bobby
(Editor's Note: Bobby, I think John Scales might be interested in the Civil War - just a wild hunch!)
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Subject:Missing Classmates
Rodney Vandiver
Class of '65
I wouldn't miss a copy of Lee's Traveller. Don't contribute too much though mainly cause I do not remember anyone prob cause most were in the '64 class. Two good buddies from there I have been unable to find. Thurman McCormick and Eddie Jackson. This getting older stuff really sucks.
(Editor's Note: Can anyone help find these lost classmates?)
