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Subject: [ALHENRY] Civil War Monument in Henry County on Headland Square
Date: 28 Nov 2001 00:03:54 -0700

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Chuck,
Since the lower half of Henry Co. was hardly populated during the Civil War, there was not enough vets I suppose to build a large monument. Also the county was hit hard during the war as a very rural county under seige by bandits made up of bands of runaway slaves and deserters from both the Federal and Confederate Armies. One hangout was the "Rock House" a cave that has now fallen in on the fomer Robert Brenton Grimsley Place on the Lower Smith's Ferry Road in Haleburg, Henry County, Alabama.

There is a small marker on the square in Headland, Henry County, Alabama. The square was created by the city's forefathers for use as a branch courthouse from Abbeville. However, the county split in 1903 creating Houston County, named for the first Democratic Governor of Alabama after Reconstruction, George S. Houston. Dothan became the county seat. The square has markers for Confederates,World War I soldiers (that has the American Doughboy on top) and other memorials.

Hope this gives you the help you wanted or needed.

Very Henry Countily Yours,
Steve Elliott

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