His father fought in the battle, for the north. Almost lost his leg.
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I had another GGrandfather who was a Methodist Circuit Rider during the war. He spent 1864 and 1865 at Doctortown Mission in SE Georgia.
This was right on the Altamaha River and there was a Confederate camp there to defend the railroad trestle. Interestingly it was the only place I know of where Sherman was repulsed every time he attacked it. The trestle was still standing in the 1930s.