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j lumaciuws ciuuui oiivunimii.Af ter the building and completion of Fort Hawkins and its defences Sergt.! Pleasant Hightower was detailed from j duty of the Garrison, with a number ' | of men to assist him in cutting a 1 a winding stair way around the sum- ( in it of the high mound at Macon ; to j( level off the top of it; and then have j a well dug down the center of the i ‘ mound until he reached the original | 1 surface soil, which he did at the dis- j tance of one hundred and twelve feet, 1 where he found various things, such j • as gun barrels, stirrup irons, brick 1 bats, bridle bits, spoons, knives, sword ( blades, and numerous kinds of pottery, j * and various other things, all ot which | ^ were destroyed at the burning of Wash- 4 ington by the British during the war; * of 1812 *J5. ! lt;
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Milledgeville Federal Union

Milledgeville, Georgia, US

Wed, Apr 10, 1872

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