Affectionately Yours: The Civil War Letters of William R. Jackson and his Wife Julia (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780692339329)

Cheryl Jackson Baker moved from her South Florida roots to pursue a career in Special Education. After obtaining her B.S. from Florida State University in the Education of the Visually Impaired, she taught for two years in Virginia. She obtained her M.A. from University of Northern Colorado in Orientation and Mobility after which she continued to teach blind and visually impaired students (from infants to clients in their nineties) until her retirement in 2009. Cheryl is an avid cyclist and hiker, having hiked all the trails in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and ridden in several bicycle tours for various charities. When not traveling or substitute teaching, she enjoys cycling the roads in the "foothills" of the nearby mountains. She and her husband, Phil, have lived in East Tennessee since their marriage in 1979. Their adult children, Matthew (and his wife and daughter) and Megan, live in Richmond, Virginia. When not traveling to visit their children, or other family, Cheryl has enjoyed traveling to various places mentioned in the book for research purposes. One of her next "projects" is to travel to all the National Parks across this expansive and diverse country of ours. This book about her great-great-grandparents' Civil War letters, is her first.