Ran across this on my hike.
Ran across this on my hike.
Yeah, I just saw that last week. I did seem pretty freshly tended.
There are a lot of Sheltons living in that area.
I'm not really a hiker, I just play one on White Blaze.
isn't that just past Shelton Laurel?
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I would have said that it was the NC area, but apparently not!
Last edited by WIAPilot; 05-05-2012 at 07:43.
FWIW, those were Union soldiers who had come home on leave and were ambushed by Confederates as they prepared to return to their regiments.
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Here is a good story of the site. It's decorated every year. http://www.pbase.com/ronmetcalfe/200...onday&page=all
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Here are some web sites with info about the Shelton Laurel Massacre
http://thomaslegion.net/sheltonlaurelmassacre.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelton_Laurel_Massacre
the Shelton graves are not directly related to the Shelton Laurel massacre.
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