The last two days were cold and foggy, and we were glad to stay in a bunkhouse at Hemlock Hollow Inn Wed. night. We happily kept the woodstove glowing.
Went past these lonely graves in the mist, 2 local brothers serving in the Union Army, apparently home on leave to visit surviving members of their family in this remote area. In January 1863 Unionist supporters had raided and looted their Confederate supporting neighbors, and a punitive expedition massacred 5 Shelton family members in retaliation, after first torturing several women relatives to reveal their location. These two brothers and their 13 year old cousin were killed in July of that year, as this civil war within the larger Civil War was fought in far western and mountainous NC. We shouldn't forget our own Balkans/Middle Eastern-like past of savage revenge killings.
Went past these lonely graves in the mist, 2 local brothers serving in the Union Army, apparently home on leave to visit surviving members of their family in this remote area. In January 1863 Unionist supporters had raided and looted their Confederate supporting neighbors, and a punitive expedition massacred 5 Shelton family members in retaliation, after first torturing several women relatives to reveal their location. These two brothers and their 13 year old cousin were killed in July of that year, as this civil war within the larger Civil War was fought in far western and mountainous NC. We shouldn't forget our own Balkans/Middle Eastern-like past of savage revenge killings.
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