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Cheryl Jackson Baker shared her family Civil War history in her new book, ‘Affectionately Yours’

Posted at 12:47 PM, Aug 05, 2015
and last updated 2015-08-05 12:47:35-04

RICHMOND, Va - Author Cheryl Jackson Baker introduced her new book, ‘Affectionately Yours: The Civil War Letters of William R. Jackson & His Wife Julia.’ After finding a box full of letter exchanged by her grandparents during the Civil War, Cheryl decided to share her family’s history in a collection of letters capturing vignettes of wartime life for a Quartermaster officer in the Union army and his wife. Cheryl will host a book signing on Thursday, August 6th at 5:30pm at Chop Suey Books, located at 2913 W. Cary Street.