Savage shoes
1 July 2025
This from the Terrell, Texas Register by way of the of Fairfield Recorder of 28 August 1896. I’ve not found who “old Hannah” was, but Joe Savage was a Sharpsburg veteran, a Private in the 13th Alabama Infantry. He lost his lower leg and foot to amputation two weeks after he was wounded at Jones’ Farm near Petersburg, VA on 30 September 1864.
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I remember seeing stories like this before – but can’t place them now. Please comment if you know of others. The Fairfield Recorder is online through the Portal to Texas History from the University of North Texas Libraries.
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