tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8467438259022514380.post6917607071717164457..comments2024-03-16T17:50:13.312-07:00Comments on Tim Kent's Civil War tales: The Terror Of Ugly HusbandsTim Kenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02678554985222437552noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8467438259022514380.post-66002487048960199952021-03-07T13:51:01.909-08:002021-03-07T13:51:01.909-08:00Please read Bridget Smith’s “Where Elephants Fough...Please read Bridget Smith’s “Where Elephants Fought” or at least the concluding details of the main characters. While Jessie Peters was involved with Van Dorn in 1863, the true motivating force behind the shooting was that Clara, Peters’ 15-yr-old daughter, was seduced by the general as well. It was Clara who gave birth to Medora in January 1864, not Jessie. Clara later converted to Roman Catholicism and became a nun, living out her life in Missouri, where she had been sent following Van Dorn’s death. Medora was place at an orphanage at birth but later joined the family following George and Jessie’s divorce and subsequent remarriage in 1868. LGibbshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17314260068162044726noreply@blogger.com