Union Soldiers Burn Southern Town
'A divison of Northern soldiers completely wrecked and burned Haven Falls, a small town in Georgia, this evening. Marching toward
General Grant's Army, the Union men came upon the evacuated town by accident. Stealing whatever valuables they could find, the
soldiers then set the town ablaze with huge torches. One of the town's citizens had not left and watched the proceedings in anger
from a roof-top. Using his rifle, the sniper was able to pick off many of the invaders as they galloped through the street below
him. Unable to spot their unseen assailant, the Union soldiers had to leave the town rather than risk being shot. The damage to
Haven Falls had been done, however. So the town burned.'
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