How Black soldiers, Quakers, a German officer and Irish Freedmen's Bureau agent built an orphanage

Good article. When I got to the picture of Hindman and read the undertext, it turned my stomach. War against civilians, indeed!
 
Good article. When I got to the picture of Hindman and read the undertext, it turned my stomach. War against civilians, indeed!
Hindman had many possible murdered, from Radical Republicans to conservative Democrats. It may also have been purely personal.
 
Charles Bentzoni is an interesting person. Not everyone bailed out on Republican Reconstruction.
 
Well back then lots of people had guns and used them to settle scores, now days we are,... where was I going with this?:eek:
 
Charles Bentzoni is an interesting person. Not everyone bailed out on Republican Reconstruction.
San Francisco Chronicle October 12, 1894 says he was stationed at Harpers Ferry during John Brown's raid

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