Some folks say that ghosts wander the earth in places where horrible deaths took place, their lives suddenly ripped away from them before they knew what happened. Driving through this historic land not only satisfied my hunger for history, but calmed my nerves far away from the hustle and bustle of home. Now as a middle-aged man, my interest had grown to what some would call an obsession.Īlthough it’s hard to believe today, this peaceful Virginia valley was the scene of some of the bloodiest battles of the war. Ever since I was a child, I had collected old Civil War books, maps, clothing, and in later years, weapons. I worked in the city as a tax accountant, but most of my co-workers didn’t know about my secret hobby – I was a Civil War collector. and took a long drive through the rolling, peaceful farm country in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley. One warm spring day, I left my home in Washington, D.C. Listen to storyteller Scott Dupoy read “Belle Boyd, Confederate Spy”
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