WEAVER’S GRIM WORK
nsightful and informative April issue article on Dr. Rufus Weaver, a figure of importance in the tangled history of Civil War Reunion and “Reunification” who has been largely forgotten. I was especially interested in his connection to Ada Egerton of Baltimore; one of the items in my collection is an envelope addressed to Dr. Weaver at a Baltimore address that’s always been somewhat of a mystery to me. Perhaps it was Ms. Egerton’s boarding house? On the back of the envelope are penciled notations, no doubt in Weaver’s hand, of some gravesites of Confederate prisoners who died
