Saturday, August 15, 2015
15. Metamorphosis
Music and an interest in politics were now B.A.'s main interest in life, not counting his little church in Mena and his son. His son, 4 year old Ben was his greatest joy in living. "That's my boy!" he would say to anyone who smiled or noticed him. He was determined to give him every opportunity in...
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Thursday, August 13, 2015
14. Count Your Blessings
It was the month of October when they left the only home they had known together. They made a last visit to the cemetery on the hill above the church and said a teary last goodbye to their children. They prayed over the names on each marker, and thanked God for the time that they had with each of...
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13. The War Was Over It was over, but nothing was the same. Having seen an over-abundance of death and dying in the wake of the more than 3200 battles and skirmishes fought in what was probably the most divided state in the Civil War, the Sanders Brothers of Tennessee were ready to fight for life...
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Monday, August 10, 2015
12. King Cotton Reigns
The State of Tennessee was the last State to leave the Union and join the Confederacy at the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861. Tennessee furnished more soldiers for the Confederate Army than any other State, and more soldiers for the Union Army than any other Southern State. The sons of James and...
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Sunday, August 9, 2015
11. Segue: Another Time, Another Place
In Anson County North Carolina, where the Pee Dee River flows, there is a ghost town. The second oldest town of that county, it was laid out and named and chartered in 1795. It had a post office, a school, an inn, a general store and a Baptist Church. It also had slaves. In 1809, the year that...
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