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Snodgrass Hill R/category/archives/military/1/category/archives/military/1; Chickamauga

by Steve Parrish 鈥淭he dead and wounded lay in heaps, literally piled upon each other鈥︹ Many of the soldiers from our area fought with the 60th Alabama Infantry Regiment during the Civil War. Through the toils of war, they suffered greatly, and perhaps one of their most daunting task was in north Georgia near the Chickamauga Creek in November…

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General LongstreetR/category/archives/military/17;s Battle

by Steve Parrish Immediately before the Civil War began many of the general officers who were to ride into history were on active duty in the United States military service. I have discovered that there are some interesting stories related to how some of these generals fulfilled their destiny in the annals of American history. Let me tell you…

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JacobR/category/archives/military/17;s Bayonet

by Doug Preston Jacob Beverett served during the Revolutionary War from /category/archives/military/17 October /category/archives/military/178/category/archives/military/1, to July /category/archives/military/1783. 鈥淩evolutionary Records Book V-450/category/archives/military/1, State Archives, Raleigh, N. C., Payments by Wilmington District Militia, No. 303 Militia, 6./category/archives/military/12.鈥 When Jacob came home he brought the bayonet he had used in the war as a memento. Jacob鈥檚 oldest son Joseph served during the…

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The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down

by Steve Parrish Most of us at one time or another has heard the song, 鈥淭he Night They Drove Old Dixie Down.鈥  It is a folk song written in /category/archives/military/1969, by Robbie Robertson of the group, The Band.  We have heard the song many times and from artists ranging from Bob Dylan to Buck Owens, Johnny Cash and John…

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Almost Forgotten

Captain Thomas Quincy Stanford

bySteve Parrish My visit to the battlefield at Murphreesboro, Tennessee several years ago means more to me now than I ever thought it would.  A man that I never even knew existed was killed on the very ground I walked upon.  His name was Thomas Q. Stanford.  I would once again walk where he walked鈥his time, it was where…

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