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Re: Massacre at Marianna, Florida

What keeps me interested is the man who read the account.
He went to the library where he found the book. It had closed and moved to a new facility.
The book had either been thrown away or sold.
I'm convinced the man isn't making the story up. He is old now but his mind is still sharp.
I discussed the matter with the state archivist personally and we went over the matter of wartime paper shortages, but even in that scenario at least one copy of the publication would have been archived.
The other newspaper certainly was, and it was under the same hunt for cartridge paper as the missing publication.
That bothers me.
It has been my experience to handle captured documents. Once I handed them up they went to the no-no place never to be seen or spoken of again, and I imagine the same took place with any and all Confederate military documents.
Perhaps there was a version of the Strategic Bombing Survey back then as well, in which every bit of paper in the Japanese archives went into US file boxes to be returned later - maybe.

I do know he spoke of a church being burned with some of the townspeople in it - there should be some record of that building in county records.
As well there should be a record of the disciplinary action taken against the commanding officer (US Colored Troops from La.). He says he remembered it being a slap on the wrist reassignment, but any hearing involving a field grade would be a matter of record.

Patiently waiting on the society to reply.

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