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(3-94) Museum,
artifacts from various battlefields |
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(3-94) Museum, Lithograph of
the Louisiana Secession Ordinance (center document) |
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(3-94) Staging and
induction area (open area across the R/R tracks)
Selection
from 1994 Tour Guide: Staging and induction
area for new arrivals and departures. New recruits were registered here
and assigned a camping area while departing troops gathered here to
await trains bound initially for Kentucky and later primarily for
Virginia and Tennessee. Armed guards were stationed in this area at all
times
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(3-94) Hospital and
commissary complex
1994 Tour Guide: Beginning in this area and
extending along the south side of the cemetery was the hospital and
commissary complex. The branch of Beaver Creek which you just crossed
provided a constant spring fed water source for the hospital while the
proximity of the cemetery provided a convenient final resting place for
the less fortunate
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