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The Dove Shall Fly, a historical novel featuring Georgia Battalion survivor James P. Trezevant, received a first place award at the Will Rogers Medallion Award ceremony in Fort Worth on October 26, 2019. The Will Rogers Medallion Award organization is an outgrowth of...

Judith Austin Mills, noted writer of historical fiction books set in Texas, has completed her latest novel in a Texas Revolution trilogy, This Dove Shall Fly (Austin, TX: Plain View Press, 2018).  Her earlier books were How Far Tomorrow: Remembering the Georgia...

The story behind the Georgia Battalion website is deeper than appears on the site as it now exits.  I wanted readers to get a sense of the motivation for the site as Rick Allen and I originally envisioned it.  I also wanted to provide full disclosure about my dealings...

Will Erwin, the senior historian at the Texas State Cemetery in Austin, had sent me a message about the Joanna Troutman monument there.  I posted all the materials that he sent.  R.W.T.

Rick had done some additional research about the monument in Albany, Texas.  He had also contacted Molly Sauder, the archivist/librarian at the Old Jail Art Center there, and she sent more helpful information.  I could then post the new material in the Monuments tab,...

I sent an email to Jason Walker and Will Erwin at the Texas State Cemetery, inquiring about the background of the monument to Joanna Troutman.  Will Erwin, the senior historian there, replied a few days later by sending a photograph, copies of related legislative...

Tom McDonald had been among the early people to contact me through the website and to give me very helpful research leads.  He has now finished a two-volume report on his own ancestor, James Hughes Callahan, who was a member of Winn's Company in the Georgia...

My partner Jerry urged me to set up a trip to Austin so that I could actually meet Judith Austin Mills and Cari Taplin.  We arrived midday, and Judith met us at the hotel early afternoon.  What an amazing and gracious person she is!  She took us immediately to the...

I wanted to find a researcher in Austin who would be qualified to do research on the military career of James Peter Trezevant during the Texas Revolution, with the hope that a direct link could be found to the Battle of San Jacinto.  I wrote to the Texas State Library...

In the summer edition of Carologue, which is the member magazine for the South Carolina Historical Society, there was mention of activities related to the involvement of South Carolina in the American Revolution.  I wrote its editor, Lauren Nivens, to give her the...