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Medfield Historical Society to Present Civil War Program Monday
Medfield Historical Society presents "The Medfield Dozen Who Gave Their Lives during the Civil War" on Monday at the Unitarian Church.
On Monday, Oct. 3, Richard DeSorgher will present a Medfield Historical Society program about the 12 men from Medfield who were killed in the Civil War.
The program will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the basement of the old meetinghouse, the , 26 North St.
Town Historian and Historical Society curator, Richard DeSorgher, will bring to life each of the soldier’s stories, taking us into battle, into the notorious Libby Prison in Richmond, and into the swamps of Carollton, Louisiana.
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The bodies of seven of those soldiers were never returned to their hometown, but instead lie today in unmarked graves scattered throughout the South. One of those graves was recently discovered by former Medfield Historical Society President George Gray, who will give the account of his amazing discovery in the Chattanooga National Cemetery near Lookout Mountain, Tenn., and bring alive the final days of Daniel McMahon.
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