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Rebecca Edwards Earle's United Daughters of the Confederacy Application

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Rebecca Edwards Earle's United Daughters of the Confederacy Application

When Kelly was around fourteen years old, his grandmother gave him Rebecca Edwards Earle's application to join the Daughters of the Confederacy.  Rebecca, his second great aunt, was the daughter of Lemuel Jewell Edwards.  Lemuel was only fifteen years old when he joined the Confederate Militia.

Lemuel Jewell Edwards

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Kelly James, Author of PlowsharesIntoSwords.com
Kelly James, Author of PlowsharesIntoSwords.com

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"No great column of facts can ever pose as the truth.  Truth is order imposed on those facts; truth is the breath of life breathed into facts…. The truth is the way you feel about it.”

"History at its best is an approximation, but that's no reason for not trying.  And I think we can approach the truth even if we can't present it.  And of course, my truth would be different from yours."

--Shelby Foote

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This blog details the research and task of my family's true Civil War Story