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Great stories from Port Hudson Civil war historian shares details of hand grenades

Great stories from Port Hudson Civil war historian shares details of hand grenades
2theadvocate.com Sat, 28 May 2005 10:33 PM PDT
Bouncing live hand grenades off blankets may not seem like a prudent idea. However, as two very different spectators learned at Saturday's Memorial Day Salute at the Port Hudson State Historic Site, soldiers in East Feliciana Parish had no alternative in 1863.

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