tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823857573381224703.post5768297513696703491..comments2023-07-27T09:00:18.224-07:00Comments on Frolicking Freckles: Back In Time....Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12779203947312938655noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823857573381224703.post-76202610071335333102011-11-20T18:16:56.893-08:002011-11-20T18:16:56.893-08:00That was very interesting. I've never thought...That was very interesting. I've never thought about any kind of Civil War heritage in the west (other than unreconstructed confederates that headed west or to Mexico after the war). Thanks for sharing.<br><br>Of course here in Tennessee we are in the land of perpetual Civil War re-enactments. We live only an hour away from Shiloh, where we went to a huge re-enactment last spring. And our little town of Germantown, just outside of Memphis, holds the remains of the Union occupation earthen fort, where growing up (before it was made a city park and excavated) we would find shells, buttons, and other bits and pieces. When I was young, our librarian (who was in her 60's, would tell stories of her grandparents, who lived during the Civil War, and about how the Union army had orders to burn the churches and public buildings here, but he and one of the ministers were both Masons, so he spared the churches and the Masonic lodge.<br><br>DianaDianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09974162432733340830noreply@blogger.com