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Tuesday, November 19, 2019 / Published in Events, Local History, Manuscript Collection

Event: CIVIL WAR STORIES BETWEEN HAYWOOD COUNTY SOLDIER JAMES M. HENDERSON AND HIS WIFE MARIA HENDERSON

A DRAMATIC READING

James M. Henderson, Company F, 25 N.C. Regiment wrote to his wife Maria Henderson and little son, William Henry Drayton Henderson. Henderson was killed August 23, 1864 at battle of Weldon Railroad, Petersburg, Va. The Henderson family was from Pigeon River, Haywood County. From the NC Room Collection MS024.

IN OBSERVANCE OF VETERAN’S MONTH

WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 20, 2019 FROM 6:00 PM TO 7:30 PM

ALL EVENTS ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

Light Refreshments will be served

A DRAMATIC READING

— DIRECTED and EDITED BY DEBORAH AUSTIN  

CAST:

Rick Webb – The voice of James Henderson

Terry Darakjy – The voice of Maria Henderson

Kermit Brown – Narrator and the voices of family members

Deborah Austin – Narrator and the voices of family members

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Tagged under: Civil War, Civil War Letters, James M. Henderson, Maria Henderson

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