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Regtl. Quartermaster Chickamauga 2018 Vicksburg 2019
- Joined
- Jul 21, 2015
- Location
- Texas
The next stop on the Hallowed Ground Tour was called the "Hospital Ravine". About 8 years ago a man by the last name of "Siegel"(can't remember his first name) and his wife bought 30 acres of property inside the Port Hudson siege lines. He opened up his property to our group last Sunday. The tour started at he and his wife's house. They built it using locally made war-era bricks that they bought somewhere locally. Scattered throughout the walls in the mortar are minie balls,grape shot and shell fragments found on the property. The windows are insulated and tinted. There are shelves next to the windows in the interior full of CW-era bottles found on the property. He said the property was heavily hunted by relic hunters in the 1960's but he still finds stuff on the property all the time. I didn't take pics of his house. As a matter of fact,I didn't take a lot of pics at his property. I stayed right next to him at the head of the column and listened intently to everything he said. In his yard is a pile of artifacts/relics and the leftover bricks.
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