My relatives mostly lived in and around Charleston W.V. but no one dared tell my grandfather, James C. Hoge that West Virginia, who "seceded" from Virginia in 1863 was a Union state. I was 19 then, 66 now, reading the book "The Life of Johnny Reb" by Bell Irvin Wiley. When I turned to the picture opposite page 136 that depicted a dead "Confederate sharpshooter" whose name was Andrew Hoge, I was stunned. My daughter, Amy bought me the book last year as a momento. I was born in Lakeland, Florida and now live in Brooksville, which has it own strange tale of how it got it's name. Look up congressman Preston Brooks someday. Each year they have a re-enactment of the "Brooksville Raid". However, it is far, far more spectacular than the original. I live a happy life in Florida, but let's face it, there way too many Yankees down here. ;-)