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To: BenLurkin

LOL

John Purdue funded his own private army during the Civil War to protect his business interests in southern Indiana against Confederate raids.


11 posted on 03/04/2015 5:11:11 PM PST by nascarnation (Impeach, convict, deport)
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To: nascarnation
during the Civil War

It is likely most of the honorable men of Toledo died in my hometown during the Civil War. The 63rd Ohio Infantry suffered almost a 60% casualty rate on Oct 3-4th, 1862 here. Many are still buried here. Ohio doesn't have any monuments to them or reminders here probably because of the embarrassment they suffered that allowed their city to become today what it is.

22 posted on 03/04/2015 6:27:21 PM PST by vetvetdoug
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