Col. John Taylor Wood
The “Virginia” again challenges the “Monitor” to battle, 1862
Battle of Palo Alto, 1846
May Ninth
MOTHERS’ DAY
Because I feel that, in the Heavens above
The angels, whispering to one another,
Can find, among their burning terms of love,
None so devotional as that of “Mother.”
Edgar Allan Poe
May Tenth
Fearless and strong, self-dependent and ambitious, he had within him the making of a Napoleon, and yet his name is without spot or blemish.
Lieut.-Col. G. F. R. Henderson, C.B.