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Domestic News
November 21, 1863
Gold Hill Daily News
Gold Hill, Storey County, Nevada
What is this article about?
Description of war-devastated farmland along the Murfreesboro to Nashville railroad, where a soldier proposes that the U.S. government survey the land and allow soldiers to pre-empt 160 acres each to restore it.
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THE EVENING NEWS.
A Soldier's Plan of Settlement.
The railroad from Murfreesboro to Nashville passes through what was once fine farming-land; now, however, fences are down and gone, houses burned, and the whole country wears a desolate appearance. Gliding along in the cars, one day past many fields which were just becoming green with tender grass, the author heard one of a lively group of soldiers remark--"I tell you, boys, what should be done fall along here. Let Uncle Sam run his surveyor's chain all over this; then let every soldier pre-empt his one hundred and sixty acres, and it will be God's land again."
A Soldier's Plan of Settlement.
The railroad from Murfreesboro to Nashville passes through what was once fine farming-land; now, however, fences are down and gone, houses burned, and the whole country wears a desolate appearance. Gliding along in the cars, one day past many fields which were just becoming green with tender grass, the author heard one of a lively group of soldiers remark--"I tell you, boys, what should be done fall along here. Let Uncle Sam run his surveyor's chain all over this; then let every soldier pre-empt his one hundred and sixty acres, and it will be God's land again."
What sub-type of article is it?
Migration Or Settlement
Military
What keywords are associated?
Soldier Settlement Plan
War Devastated Land
Land Preemption
Murfreesboro Nashville Railroad
Where did it happen?
Murfreesboro To Nashville
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Murfreesboro To Nashville
Event Details
The railroad passes through formerly fine farming land now desolate with down fences and burned houses. While traveling by train past greening fields, the author overhears a soldier suggest surveying the area and allowing every soldier to pre-empt 160 acres to restore it as 'God's land again.'