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In gone with the Wind Scarlet shoots a yankee deserter in her home...years ago I came across a guidebook on a georgia planatation that supposedly a Yankee solder was shot and bloodstains still stained the floor
I wonder if this popular tale was based on a real life incident...
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Anyone else have family legends in the south similar to above?
I wonder if this popular tale was based on a real life incident...
William J Lawton (unknown-1864) - Find a Grave...
Lawton was a Union spy, sometimes called Captain Lawton. He served under General Stahel in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia in 1862 as a cavalry scout. His MO was to wear Confederate uniform. In Sept 1863 he transferred to Chattanooga. He was killed on a raid on April 3, 1864, by Confederate...
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Who was Capt. William J. Lawton, Union Spy? | Other Soldiers, Politicians, & Men
His photo at the Alabama Archives shows him in Confederate uniform. He was shot by a Confederate guerrilla in north Georgia in April 1864. Anyone ever heard of him? http://digital.archives.alabama.gov/cdm/singleitem/collection/photo/id/6400/rec/2
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Anyone else have family legends in the south similar to above?
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