11th Mississippi Infantry

Guywayne Taylor, my first cousin, emailed about reading his dad's book on the 11th Mississippi. I remember that book. Uncle Roger and I discussed that book quite a bit. When he was first considering buying it he was undecided whether or not it was worth the $75.
I remember telling him that if I had a book on my ancestor's regiment that at any price it'd be worth it. He did buy the book and later he and I perused it together. I enjoyed the time we spent together with it. It would be the last time we saw each other.
Although we did correspond after that, we never saw each other in person. We corresponded that next summer when our Gettysburg group did a dedication to Uncle Roger's ancestor, R.N. Taylor, at his grave site in Hagerstown, Maryland.
We even taped it. Regretfully, I never got it to him before he died. I told him what we did; I could tell he was very appreciative and moved by our honoring his ancestor. I'm just so sorry that I did not get the video to him in time.
Who knew? We think we have forever in this world. Boy, are we deceived.
Anyway, he knew we took the time to do the grave dedication and I'm glad that it pleased him. I'm very in dept to Dan, Jim, and Randy for taking the time to do this.
Back to the book. I was half-way hoping that Aunt Jane would give the book to me because of my connection with Roger and all that. Of course, it belongs to the family. I'm glad that Guy has an interest in his ancestors. The book will mean a lot to Guy because of what it meant to his father.
It's funny about the things we cherish. Quite often it's those little things. Sometimes quite insignificant things. Although the regimental history book is not insignificant, it's value by the owner and shared joy it brought to others give it great meaning.
I hope to get a copy one of these days, if I ever run across it.