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Grant era tale of a Confederate spy’s near hang amid mercy
Col George Inman recalls during a Richmond public talk how Capt Hamilton was to be hanged after being found with Union lines papers. Grant intervened claiming Hamilton as his son then the spy escaped. years later Inman learned Hamilton’s identity and their wartime conversation, ending with a pardon and counter sign pass.
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