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Re: Moses Pearson/ATTN: George Purvis

Most POW records listed those captured at the Battle of Sailor's Creek as taken at Farmville, Va.

http://www.civilwaralbum.com/misc/sayler1.htm

Keith Rocco has a fine painting of the last stand at Sailor's Creek --

http://www.keithrocco.com/admin/uploads/images/product/zoom/Lg_Victory_or_Death.jpg

Maybe it's just me, but the inscription on this marker has an odd ring to it. Read the last line. Let me get this straight -- because soldiers fought and died in the Confederate defeat at Sailor's Creek, today I can go out and buy the SUV of my choice?

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