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When Sherman Came This Way Battlefield Reflections
The narrative recalls Civil War events in North Carolina and surrounding states, noting Sherman's march as a defining intrusion. It mentions Fort Hatteras, Fort Fisher, Stringham, Butler, Bragg, and Smith, with references to Chattanooga and Knoxville, and to Theodore O Hara's Kentucky memorial lines.
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Sherman
North Carolina
Cornwallis
Yorktown
Helples
Stringhs
Navy Department
Washington
Roanoke Faland
Newborne
Fort Fisher
Wilmington
Bragg
Kirby Smith
Raleigh
Hatteras Inlet
Stringham
Ben Butler
Fort Hatteras
Hatteras and
Clark
East
Tennessee
Chattanooga
Smith
Knoxville
Kentucky
Louisville
Cincinnati
Munson
Richmond
Frankfort
Daniel Boone
Theodore O'Hara
United States