Department of Environment & Conservation
Jim Fyke, Commissioner
A Path Divided
"Some of them will no more walk the paths of earth or be seen in the haunts of men. Some when they walk now march after the drum, with a sword or musket in the ranks of the Confederate army under the new flag…Others march under the gloriousold Stars and Stripes, and they who were once united in the strongest bonds of friendship are now ready to kill each other, only waiting for the word from their leaders. God pity the poor soldiers, and forgive those who have caused all this." Ξ Amanda McDowell Burns, Sparta, 1862 Ξ
