An Officer and a Lucky Man
Usually I write business articles for my blogs, but since Memorial Day is near, I thought I would share a story about a family descendent. While re-writing our family geneology about 10 years ago, I found some extremely unusual people on my grandmother's side of the family, one in particular whose contribution put a different perspective into Memorial Day. The person to whom I'm referring to, Major Thomas E. Vassar (or Vasser), a great uncle of my grandmother's lineage, and a Union soldier who... Sign in to see full entry.