“… However, every panel of his fence was gone, evidently used for firewood during the occupation, and Peter’s acquaintance, Tom Ware had sold Peter’s furniture to a Union Officer and then departed for the North…”
Reference Data:
Richard Peters: Champion of the New South, by Royce Shingleton, 1985, page 136
It sounds as if old Tom was not unlike some of our politicians in Washington these days. Rob our treasury department of funds for their pet projects and keep it covered up.
C. Wayne Ware
Cedar Falls, IA