
Arista Hoge, founder of the Thornrose Cemetery in Staunton, VA is remembered in this article. The cemetery has over 2000 confederate soldiers. Federal soldiers were relocated after the war to a nearby National cemetery.
This 'haversack' contains news articles that may be of interest to Civil War buffs. (A haversack was a canvas bag, about a foot square, used to carry a soldier's rations. The word derives from Middle German for 'oat bag', and refers to the bag used for feeding oats to horses.)

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