Description: 1908 Postcard Whitfield High School Meridian Mississippi Green Franklin One Cent Previously owned Used/Mailed In good condition Green One Cent Benjamin Franklin front facing stamp. Stamped Date on postcard is June 11, 1908 Dear (can’t make out this word) We arrived all right. I used to go to school in the other side goodbye Addressed to Mr L.S. Schwartz Box 46 Laurel, Miss Published by International Post Card Co., New York, Made in Germany *Whitfield is built on the same location as a Civil War Hospital that was burned by Sherman’s Forces. When construction began on the high school, the remains of approximately 100 Civil War soldiers were found and reburied properly. Please see all pictures for closer inspection. Please contact me with any questions. Thank you! Whitfield High School The years following the Civil War were a time of rapid growth in Meridian. Our city school system was no exception. Numerous schools were built in Meridian and Lauderdale County, and construction of the city's first high school, Whitfield, began on this site in 1886. During the war this was the location of a Confederate hospital. In the early morning hours of February 15, 1864, the patients being treated here were evacuated in the bitter cold and rain. The hospital, along with all other buildings used by the Confederate government, was burned to the ground by Union General William T. Sherman's forces. The location of the hospital had been all but forgotten when construction of Whitfield began. While preparing the foundation, crews uncovered remains of the soldiers who died at the hospital and were buried beside it. What a sad reminder of the widespread devastation in Meridian – 100 fallen soldiers lay here and no one knew. To properly honor those lost Confederates, their remains were exhumed and transported by wagon to Rose Hill Cemetery, where a burial mound and monuments were erected.
Price: 12.6 USD
Location: Hattiesburg, Mississippi
End Time: 2024-12-02T19:49:45.000Z
Shipping Cost: 5 USD
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Return shipping will be paid by: Seller
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money back or replacement (buyer's choice)
Unit of Sale: Single Unit
Type: Printed (Lithograph)
Era: Divided Back (1907-1915)
Region: Mississippi
Country: United States
Theme: Cities & Towns, Cultures & Ethnicities
Year Manufactured: 1908
City: Meridian
Country/Region of Manufacture: Germany
Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
Postage Condition: Posted
Subject: School
