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A Tidbit of History from Mississippi
05-26-2014, 11:26 AM (This post was last modified: 05-26-2014 06:39 PM by L Verge.)
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A Tidbit of History from Mississippi
Danny West, a member of this forum, just sent me some interesting items on Civil War history in his neck of the woods - Mississippi. I'd like to share the most detailed one with y'all:

http://mshistorynow.mdah.state.ms.us/art...-civil-war

This one will tell more about Fort Massachusetts - and remind you of Fort Jefferson. You'll love the quote from one officer: "This is a hell of a place to send 2000 men 3000 miles by ship to a sandy strip." Or words to that effect: http://www.msshipisland.com/?q=fort Also, try this: http://www.nps.gov/guis/historyculture/f...usetts.htm

Thanks, Danny, for sending these. Stories of Civil War soldiers are very appropriate on this Memorial Day.
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05-26-2014, 07:18 PM
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Facinating! Thanks Danny and Laurie....

Fort Massachusetts most certainly does look too much like Fort Jefferson!

"The Past is a foreign country...they do things differently there" - L. P. Hartley
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