Green-Wood Book Talk series-04.06.08-1:00pm

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The Green-Wood Historic Fund presents:

Two Brothers: One North, One South
A book talk with author David H. Jones

Sunday, April 6, 2008 1:00 PM@
Green-Wood Cemetery’s Historic Chapel

A Union officer. A Confederate solider. Joined by blood and united in death.

Clifton Kennedy Prentiss and William Scolay Prentiss were Maryland brothers who fought on opposing sides during the Civil War. Both were mortally wounded in the same late-War battle, as Clifton led an attack on the fort William was defending. Both were taken to Armory Square Hospital in Washington, D.C., where poet and military hospital volunteer Walt Whitman became the link between them.

David H. Jones gives a book talk and signing on his exceptionally researched fictionalized account of the Prentiss brothers, [b]Two Brothers: One North, One South[/b]. From battlefields to the drawing rooms of wartime Richmond, Jones keenly depicts four turbulent years of America’s costliest and most commemorated war.

Admission is free but space is limited. (Suggested $5 donation at the door.)
Call for reservations 718.768.7300.

Following the book talk, Green-Wood historian Jeff Richman will lead a trolley tour to adjoining graves of the Prentiss brothers, as well as other significant Civil War gravesites. The trolley tour is $20 / $10 for Historic Fund members.

A national historic landmark–Est. 1838– Our main entrance is located at 500 25th Street (on 5th Avenue) in Brooklyn. Via subway, take the R to the 25th Street station. For more info, call 718.768.7300 or visit us at www.greenwoodcemetery.org