A Brief Summary Of Jasper Rees

Background: This story is about a seventeen-year-old Confederate soldier named Jasper Rees. Jasper had immediate family in both the North and the South. His mother, Audrey-Anne Ford, was your typical southern belle. She was from Gatlinburg, Tennessee. She was a dark haired, bright eyed woman, with an elegant southern drawl. Jasper’s father, who was a Northerner from Philadelphia, was immediately smitten with her. The two were married and had two children, Jasper and Jewel Rees. Their marriage, however, did not last and when they were divorced Jewel went up north with her father while Jasper remained in Tennessee with his mother. When father passed away Jewel was taken in by her aunt, Rachel Rees. The two children never lost contact with each