Who is Your Captain: The Revolutionary and Civil War lives of 5 connected families

by James Harris, Craig Barber (Editor)

Overview

I am sure you will enjoy the unique perspectives on a typical American family history starting with the revolutionary war and continuing to modern times. This book presents the civil war from the viewpoints of 7 soldiers from my family, some who fought for the North and others from the South. Some fought for elite units and others for untrained militia in many major battles in both the east and the west. It then traces their descendants and how they impacted and were impacted by various world and personal events and how they may have felt. I have spent more than 10 years working with my mother and other relatives to collect a full and confirmed family tree with critical connection verified by the Texas Genealogical Society and more than a year researching, studying, visiting and photographing the battlefields where my ancestors fought. It is easy to judge people in the past by today's standards, but rather than judging, this book will offer a framework which traces their lives and offers a glimpse into what the world was like for them at the time. This book is intensely personal, told from my own perspective, and if readers find this first person view a bit jarring, I apologize in advance as my purpose is simply to present the facts as best I could determine them and let each reader make their own judgment and conclusions

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9798823168397
Publisher:	Barnes & Noble Press
Publication date:	12/25/2022
Edition description:	Includes Table of Figures
Pages:	170
Product dimensions:	8.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.36(d)

About the Author

When James Lee Harris was born on September 30, 1963, in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, his father, JAMES, was 24 and his mother, Barbara, was 21. With his wife Maria Luisa He has two sons, Daniel and Anthony . He has one sister, Susan.

He holds 4 patents, was promoted to CPT in the Army with an Army Commendation medal and was ironman in his officer’s basic course. He graduated from Colorado School of Mines with a degree in Chemical engineering and worked in Japan, Venezuela, France, Qatar and Abu Dhabi on international projects. He was a professional engineer, taught middle and high school math and architecture, tutored to kids at the Fort Bend County Juvenile Detention Center, helped build an orphanage in Venezuela, and delivered rice to the homeless in Tokyo, He planted trees in Lake Charles, volunteered at Christ clinic, had his own engineering business with 5 interns, tutored for the Carnegie institute and APIE in math and calculus, and worked as a wellness coach at the YMCA. He ran several mud runs and won second place at the YMCA Turkey dash in 2019. He climbed Mount Fuji and won a golf tournament with his youngest son Anthony.

He loves historical research as a hobby.