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Shaggy Snodgrass's avatar

I always found it troubling how so many Ohioans, likely descendants of Union soldiers, found it right to wave the flag of their ancestors' enemy.

A couple have told me over the years that it was out of resentment; that their forefathers were forced to fight in a "rich man's war".

Weirdly, tho'; I've never heard that beef from the descendants of the other side, to whom such a grievance would've been much better applied.

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Tom Burnett's avatar

Another worthwhile cemetery to tour is on Johnson’s Island, in Sandusky Bay. It was the site of a Civil War POW camp, and there are several dozen graves of prisoners who died there. It’s incredibly sad, and had me in tears as I walked through. You can hate the Confederate cause, as I do, but still be moved to tears looking at the headstones, some of teenage boys who died far from home. There are several headstones marked “unknown,” even more sad.

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