Ohio Mini-Muster, 2008
May 24-26
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Muster Cancelled for this year, the Annual GGOoG Award, for the first
time ever, was presented in our chat room on the evening of May 24th.
Even though not nearly the same as doing the presentation live, it was
well received by the 15 members attending. The Award was presented by
mobile_96, last years holder to none other than Marie, for recognition
of her very helpful support in meeting 'Fresh Fish" and welcoming them
to the group. Photos of Marie receiving the Award were taken on
an outing to Fort Meigs, a War of 1812 Fort, at Toledo, on the 25th. |
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Among
the winners of the Medal of Honor during the Civil War were a group of
men that came to be called "The Andrews Raiders". Their raid into
Georgia, to steal a train and do as much damage as possible to
the Western and Atlantic Railroad while spiriting the train northward.
Although they managed to steal "General", little damage was incurred,
the Union recognized their efforts by awarding each member of the raid,
the MoH
One of the Raiders, engineer
William Knight, just happens to be buried just south of Marie. Marie
had tried to locate the gravesite earlier, but, due to bad weather had
to give up the attempt. On my visit to pass on the GGOoG Award, we
decided to try and finish the quest of locating W. Knights final
resting place. The following photos show the result of our quest.
As you can see, "HUG" joined us in our search.
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19, 08. Memorial Day Fayette, Ohio. Marie, in her widow's
weeds, reads a Poem* dedicated to the Fallen of all Wars. |
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Fayette, Ohio monument
for the fallen of 1861-1865
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Fayette's
Memoria Day
Dedication |
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Lime Creek Cemetery
Near Morenci, Michigan we discovered this small, hidden Cemetery with a Monument to fallen Michigan Civil War soldiers
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On this trip I was able to visit Sauder's living History Village. Check it out!
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