Merry Xmas to all the readers and posters of News and Views and all of the Civil War Message Boards. Let's thank our host for the ability to converse about a subject so important to each of us and I hope we continue to contribute to the preservation of our history in the coming year. I consider each of you a friend and a colleague. Let us also remember those of our family who we lost and miss.

Again, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

David L. Upton,