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Rebel hero returns to Nashville grave site in Confederate tribute
Rebel Maj. Gen. Bushrod Rust Johnson is exhumed from an obscure Miles Prairie grave near Alton Illinois and moved to Nashville Tennessee with full honors. Noble Wyatt a Son of the Confederacy spearheads the effort after learning Johnson lay buried with no Confederate markers. A bank rate spike also hits the stock market as seven major banks lift prime lending to 7% causing Dow declines.
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Alton
Ill
Noble Wyatt
Bushrod Rust Johnson
Nashville, Tenn
Wyatt
Dixie
Johnson
Miles Prairie
Nashville
St. Louis
Miles Station
New York Stock Exchange
New York
Chicago
First National City Bank