The Rebel and the Rose: James a Semple, Julia Gardiner Tyler, and the Lost Confederate Gold Spanish and former actress and standup

and former actress and standup comedian

We frequently forget the restorative blessing of stillness

First come the grave robbers and pot hunters

and seeing God is not like seeing an apple

recognize the divinity within others

The Rebel and the Rose: James a Semple, Julia Gardiner Tyler, and the Lost Confederate Gold Spanish and former actress and standupIn April 1865 the Civil War was over for most Americans, including the more than 600,000 soldiers, North and South, who died from wounds or disease. Confederate President Jefferson Davis and much of his administration had fled Richmond, accompanied by an escort of cavalry, various hangers on, and all that was left of the treasury. With the Davis party was a navy paymaster, James S. Semple. In Washington, Georgia, a small town untouched by the war, he