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Georgia Shooting involving Galvanived Yankee

Years ago I came across a website story that in Northwest Georgia/Southeast tennessee ? that a "galvanived yankee" leading a union cavalry Patrol In summer 1864 was shot and killed by the home owner-A CS soldier on leave-who forced the other members of the patrol to flee-while the dead leader was later buried by the house's front Porch. Years later one of the union survivors sent a picture-or was sent a picture of the man who was killed-he was in a CS Uniform and smoking a cigar-with a red ink spot showing where he'd been killed-possibly he had relatives in Michigan. In the Offical Records there were a one or two reports sent by the man in question-although I wasn't able to find a official follow up report. was this the basis for well known scene in "Gone with the Wind" where Scarlett o"Hara shoots the Yankee deserter?

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