Bruce R. Gourley’s novel “Ephemera: The Civil War Papers of Private James Bruckner” follows a Confederate soldier’s harrowing psychological and spiritual journey from naive volunteer to traumatized veteran of Sharpsburg, related solely through personal diary entries and devoted letters to his beloved wife Freda. Bruce is married to Julie Lyddon Gourley, who grew up in Chillicothe. He is the son-in-law of Ms. Lois Laymon Lyddon, a native, long-time resident of Chillicothe.