it is my pleasure today to bring up this in richmond virginia, and both of them have worked with the battlefields down there. doug is a volunteer, what are the historians for many years. both of them are well familiar with 1862 and 1864. both of them have several books in the back. their most recent is called, embattled capital, a guide to richmond during the civil war. it is a fantastic fact book of all of the different sides you can visit in the confederate capital. everything from prison sites, to hospital sites. it talks about the different battle sites. things associated richmond s slave history, it is a rich resource for richmond and it was a delight to work on that project with the two of you. and a time when covid basically had the publishing business shut down, barnes and noble eventually heard about their book and ordered a whole bunch of copies in the middle of january which is an off time for books. so it was like, we have to get this going. and the book is done