Believe me, I felt pretty old last night when I got home. 🙂

Eric

LOL. Believe me, that thought was not lost upon me. 🙂

Eric

I know–hard to believe.

The donuts, however, are unique to New Orleans and are apparently something nobody should miss.

Eric

It was a great pleasure to meet you and to finally have a face to put with the name. Thanks for coming out.

I’m very glad to hear that you enjoyed the talk. You can probably tell that I really enjoy giving that particular talk, so it was fun.

I hope to visit Austin again soon, and hope to see you there again sooner than later.

Eric

I’m looking forward to it.

Eric

The much promoted “Sherman’s March” will be on the History Channel tonight. Hoping you get a chance to see it and post your comments.

I’ll stick to 69, retirement and flying at noon.

But in my mid-40’s, I would have done the same.

Besides which, they gave us Shrub…

A neat place to visit outside of New Orleans is Fort Jackson State Park. Don’t know how it fared under Katrina.

JFE

It was a great delight to meet you finally “in the flesh” and to hear your excellent presentation on Stuart’s involvement in the Gettysburg Campaign. I have enjoyed reading your blog now for some time and learning about the Civil War and about you. So it was a real treat to shake your hand, look you in the eye, hear your voice and sense your presence.

As I had assumed, the Austin Civil War Round Table came out in force to hear you and, from the comments I heard, they were enthusiastic about your book and talk. I can easily assume, upon the completion of another book, that you would receive another invitation to come and speak.

I am also delighted to hear how our chief, Dan Laney, took wonderful care of you. He is a great guy, a careful student of the Army of Northern Virginia, a ready wit and a respected leader. We in the Austin Civil War Round Table are blessed to have him.

I had to smile at the number of people who came with multiple books for your autograph. I saw one man who literally had an armful of your books (9?) and several others with two or three. However, that should not surprise me as this group is very serious about the War.

I hope I am still in Austin the next time you come through here. When you come again, it would be nice if Susan could also come.

Again, thanks for coming and congratulations on your bravura presentation.

Best wishes always,
Lanny