A great card from Louisiana. The sender used to live here, but moved to North Carolina. In her note, she's says she is also into genealogy and has discovered she is related to many people involved in the War of Independence, the American Civil War, and many of the other wars the United States has been involved in. Her most notable find is she is related to Confederate General Edmund Kirby Smith of the American Civil War.  General Smith was born in St. Augustine, Florida in 1924. His parents were actually from Connecticut. His father was appointed a Superior Court Judge in Florida shortly after the United States took over the Florida Territory from Spain. Smith enrolled in the United States Military Academy and then to West Point in 1841. He graduated in 1845 and ranked 25th out of 41 cadets.  He served in the Mexican-American War under future president, General Zachary Taylor, and under General Winfield Scott. Smith and his brother, Captain Ephraim Smith, both served with the...