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This Was a Man – Abbeville Institute

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On July 11, 1875, “Old Billie”, the former body servant of Confederate General Henry L. Benning, led Benning’s horse over eight blocks to Linwood Cemetery, the “Old Rock’s” final resting place in Columbus, Georgia. “Old Billie” proudly wore his Confederate grey coat as he followed Benning’s hearse on the slow march to the family plot in Linwood. Benning died of...
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This Was a Man – Abbeville Institute

On July 11, 1875, “Old Billie”, the former body servant of Confederate General Henry L. Benning, led Benning’s horse over eight blocks to Linwood Cemetery, the “Old Rock’s” final resting place in Columbus, Georgia. “Old Billie” proudly wore his Confederate grey coat as he followed Benning’s hearse on the slow march to the family plot in Linwood. Benning died of...

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