Barbara Stahura

Gary L. Gibson

Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War

More than 3,000 Kalamazoo County men served in the Union forces during the Civil War. They fought in the most horrific battles from Blackburn's Ford to Appomattox, and 396 did not return home. The war tested the area not just on the battlefield but in its collective back yard and, at times, its front yard. A peace rally held by local Democrats was interrupted by Lincoln supporters who viewed the Democrats as traitors. Residents reacted jubilantly to the capture of Richmond, the Confederate capital, and mourned the assassination of Lincoln, who had visited the village of Kalamazoo before the war. As veterans, the former combatants left behind indelible reminders of their sacrifice. Local historian Gary L. Gibson uncovers long-lost stories, many never before told, of Kalamazoo County during and after America's bloodiest conflict.

Kalamazoo County and the Civil War

By wholly trusting in His Word, God has shown me the paths I should follow and the very steps I should take as He protected and encouraged me. Because of my commitment to follow His direction, I have written a book of my experience with working for the DEA and its predecessor agencies. I wrote this book to demonstrate how God could use a person with a severe learning disability to accomplish more than I ever dreamed possible. In the book I attempt to show: 1. How a belief on God can provide direction for every decision and challenge. 2. How God's protection was present to protect when confronted by those who attempted to kill me. I was shot at 23 times on one occasion and went over a 40 foot cliff into a dry creek bed and walked away uninjured. 3. The difficulties that arise when attempting to develop evidence in a drug case. 4. The hypocrisy of a "War on Drugs." 5. A government's abuse of power by assassinating not only members of foreign governments but citizens of the United States without concern for due process. 6. A government controlled by "Secret Societies" determining the future of our economy and currency. 7.The assassination of President John F. Kennedy by government agencies that had been threatened. 8. The overthrow of our government and our Constitution by leadership committed to Socialism and "A New World Order." 9. The betrayal of leadership intent on destroying what our fathers have fought and died for and the destruction of everything Godly and of moral value in favor of fairness, the enemy of Justice. 10.Truth as an absolute in a society that appears unable to recognize an absolute. Gary and Sharon Gibson have been married for fifty-one years with four children and fourteen grandchildren. Gary was a supervisory criminal investigator with the Drug Enforcement Administration before a motorcycle/automobile accident shortened his left leg and his career as a Special Agent. Gary was in a cast for over two years and found time to again review God's Instructions on how to live and listen for God's guidance. God led Gary to Oral Roberts Ministry where he was Director of Security for twenty years and retired as Vice President of Oral Roberts University. Gary L. Gibson P.O. Box 330259 Tulsa, Oklahoma 74133-0259

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