Virgil Demetrius Stockbridge was born 13 April 1837 in Byron,Oxford County, Maine. He married Martha Amelia Pepin, 8 Sepember 1863 at Newark, Essex County, New Jersey.
He served as First Lieutenant and Adjutant of the Second District of Columbia Volunteers.
Michael Robert Patterson was born in Arlington and is the son of a former officer of the US Army. So it was no wonder that sooner or later his interests drew him to American history and especially to American military history. Many of his articles can be found on renowned portals like the New York Times, Washingtonpost or Wikipedia.
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