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Re: Jewish Company Flag from Georgia

My gun crew (3rd Co. Richmond Howitzers, "Smith's Battery") did a headstone/marker dedication at Hollywood Cemetery back last fall to honor all Jewish soldiers in the Confederate States. It was a really nice ceremony coinciding with a lot of out of town visitors for programs throughout the city for veterans of Hebrew ancestry from all wars. I also found just the other day that The Jewish Military Cemetery on Shockoe Hill in Richmond is the ONLY Jewish military cemetery outside of Israel. There are only a few dozen Confederates buried there. But like the Hebrew Section at Oakwood (non military) it is meticulously cared for and maintained. You can google both. I was surfing around and didn't save any links. Very interesting.

Keith
First Shirt
3rd Richmond Howitzers
Mechanicsville, VA

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