Tom Schmidt

Thomas Schmidt lives and teaches in Vermont. He has taught biblical studies, literature, and writing for thirty years in both religious and secular institutions. His publications include scholarly and popular nonfiction, novels, and poetry. His most recent publication, The Apostles after Acts: A Sequel (Cascade Books , 2013), offers a creative reconstruction of early Christianity just after the New Testament.

After Gettysburg

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Based on a letter written in July 1863 by Wilbur Fisk of the Vermont Brigade

With Wilbur, scouting in the wood
When Gettysburg was two weeks through;
A cabin in a clearing stood,
We crept up for a closer view.…