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A Haunting Evening at Octagon Mansion

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𝑼𝒔𝒆 𝑪𝒐𝒅𝒆 𝑻𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒔𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒅20 𝒂𝒕 𝑪𝒉𝒆𝒄𝒌-𝑶𝒖𝒕 𝒇𝒐𝒓 $20 𝒐𝒇𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒆𝒕 𝒑𝒖𝒓𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒔𝒆! 𝑳𝒊𝒎𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝑻𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝑶𝒏𝒍𝒚! "... 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒂𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒉𝒐𝒕𝒍𝒚 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒇𝒊𝒆𝒍𝒅𝒔, 𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒖𝒑𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝑾𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒆." These words were written by Captain Fortescue of the 2nd West Virginia Cavalry as he thought back to his brief time spent in Wytheville, Virginia. "𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐮𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡" found its name on July 18th, 1863. 5 days earlier, a brigade of 870 Union soldiers

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