age ~49
from Columbus, MS
…Upon his return, Parsons sought to enlist in the regular Confederate States Army, an idea ridiculed by his employer and guardian at the time, publisher Willard Richardson of the Galveston Daily News.[5] Parsons left his job at the paper, joining an artillery company at a hastily-constructed ...
Willard Richardson Espy (11 December 191020 February 1999) was a U.S. editor, philologist, writer, and poet. He is particularly remembered for his anthology of