Sunday at the Padgett with Floyd County's experience in the Civil War.

The Civil War exhibit upstairs at the Padgett Museum has been there since spring, and finally we made time to view it. All I can say is: Recommended.

As perhaps subconsciously prompted by the Civil War's centennial in 1961, I developed an obsession with the war as a child, and by the age of 14, ripped through all the library's books on the topic. Now the 150th anniversary is coming, just next year, and there are folks who don't think the Mason-Dixon Line still matters. Really? Try attending a bridges authority meeting.

The photo roster above and below dates back to 1903; it's the organization of Union war veterans in New Albany and Floyd County, including about a hundred old-timers, with perhaps a half-dozen clean shaven faces among them.