July 23rd, 2012: Views Into the Civil War
Posted on: 07/26/2012
The caption of today's view is "The birth place of Wm. Henry Harrison now used as a general hospital." The Harrison Mansion and the family that lived there gave Harrison's Landing its name, and 150 years ago today housed many sick and injured soldiers as well as featured what maybe a signal on top of one of the chimneys.
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