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The Battle of Mobile Bay-- "Buchanan"
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By Stan Ingold
“As far as my friends and people really knowing this information, very few of them do.”
Julia Hinson lives in Mobile. Her little secret is her family tree and the critical role it played in the history of the city and of the Battle of Mobile Bay in 1864…
“Buchanan went to sea when he was fifteen years old,” she says.
There’s a hint of pride as Hinson talks about Franklin Buchanan. The Confederate Admiral is Hinson’s great, great, great grandfather…
More: http://apr.org/post/battle-mobile-bay-buchanan
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“As far as my friends and people really knowing this information, very few of them do.”
Julia Hinson lives in Mobile. Her little secret is her family tree and the critical role it played in the history of the city and of the Battle of Mobile Bay in 1864…
“Buchanan went to sea when he was fifteen years old,” she says.
There’s a hint of pride as Hinson talks about Franklin Buchanan. The Confederate Admiral is Hinson’s great, great, great grandfather…
More: http://apr.org/post/battle-mobile-bay-buchanan