Civil war
One hundred fifty years ago this week my great-grandfather, Charles Carroll, was a private in the Amite County Defenders (Company “K” of the 33rd Mississippi Infantry). He was about to have his first bitter taste of battle. He...
This year marks the 150th anniversary of the beginning of the Civil War in Mississippi. It’s a good occasion to dust off the history books and explore the ways our family stories intersect the horror of those times.
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