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Lost Confederate Weapons and Uniforms in a Secret Attic

A story left by my grandfather before his death in 1968.

(SALEM, Ore.) - I've stumbled upon the most fascinating information about the discovery of Confederate weapons and uniforms in an abandoned Arkansas house in 1890, in a story left behind by my father's dad who we knew as 'Pop King'.

This Norman Rockwell-like experience from long ago, was a memory of my late grandfather, Francis Albert King, who made a reel to reel audio tape of his life's experiences shortly before his death, was transcribed into written form and this is the gem that my wife Bonnie recently located.