Author: sslavich

Author of "Jumpin' the Rails!" an award-winning young adult historical fiction set in present-day and the American Civil War. My novel received the 2017 Literary Classics Seal of Approval and the 2016 silver Young Adult Fiction Award by the Florida Authors and Publishers Association. I am currently a member of The Authors Guild, the Alabama Writers' Forum, the Florida Authors and Publishers Association and the Alliance of Independent Authors.
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A Known Place that Remembers the “Unknown”

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​​ My son working on a book video for “Jumpin’ the Rails!” – a school project – at the historic Fort Tyler Cemetery.  He found that fifty-seven Union and Confederate graves were marked as “Unknown April 16, 1865.”  The reenactments, monuments and retold stories become real at this spot where 76 of the veterans are… Continue reading A Known Place that Remembers the “Unknown”