Cocomo, my grandmother's mother was living in GA when Sherman's army came through burning and pillaging.

An army officer came into their house to run them all out. My grandmother's father was off serving in the Confederacy at the time.

On their wall hung a Masonic apron. The Union officer happened to be a Mason as well. He asked who owned the apron and my g-grandmother explained it was her husband's.

The Union officer ordered his men to cease and desist and not burn that house. Masonry was pretty strong back then.

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Posted by fr33manator

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Posted on 12/9/22 at 6:30 pm to FreeState

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The Union officer ordered his men to cease and desist and not burn that house. Masonry was pretty strong back then

They probably saw all the bricks and figured it wouldn’t burn easily.

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Posted by CocomoLSU

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Posted on 12/10/22 at 11:17 am to FreeState

Just revisiting this thread:

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Cocomo, my grandmother's mother was living in GA when Sherman's army came through burning and pillaging.

An army officer came into their house to run them all out. My grandmother's father was off serving in the Confederacy at the time.

On their wall hung a Masonic apron. The Union officer happened to be a Mason as well. He asked who owned the apron and my g-grandmother explained it was her husband's.

The Union officer ordered his men to cease and desist and not burn that house. Masonry was pretty strong back then.

Thanks for sharing, that’s a cool story for sure. Stories like this deserve to be heard and I always appreciate stuff like that from historical periods.

Thanks, man.