Look and Listen

Biography

David H. Jones, born and raised in West Virginia, has been a lifelong student of the Civil War. His research took him into the swamps of Dinwiddie County, Virginia, to rediscover the lost location where a pivotal event in the book took place. A graduate of Kentucky Military Institute and Babson College, former Navy officer, and entrepreneur, he currently lives and writes in Los Angeles, California.

Inspiration

My immersion in the Civil War experience began many years ago when I heard family stories about ancestors who fought to preserve the Union. Thus inspired, I read a number of books about this transformational event in our nation’s history. Later, as a gun and edged weapons collector, I became very familiar with the implements of that bloody struggle. Finally, a decade ago, I commenced in-depth genealogical research and discovered many fascinating details about my great grandfather, Jacob Eckess, who served as a private in the 10th West Virginia Infantry, and my great great grandfather, James Touchstone, who was a Lieutenant and Quartermaster of the 6th Maryland Infantry. In the course of studying James Touchstone’s regiment, I discovered Major Clifton Prentiss, his Confederate brother, William, and the underlying facts of Two Brothers. I realized that it was a story that had to be told.