The South East

History Detectives: Season 1: Episode 5

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History Detectives: Special Investigations
The South East

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PBS | Air Date: July 21, 2003
Summary: Lee's Last Orders
The Place: Beech Island, South Carolina
Is the Beech Island Agricultural Club's copy of Confederate General Robert E. Lee's farewell address the original? Natchez House The Place: Natchez, Mississippi How could Robert Smith, a former slave, afford to build this magnificent home for himself in 1851? Napoleonic
Lee's Last Orders
The Place: Beech Island, South Carolina
Is the Beech Island Agricultural Club's copy of Confederate General Robert E. Lee's farewell address the original?

Natchez House
The Place: Natchez, Mississippi
How could Robert Smith, a former slave, afford to build this magnificent home for himself in 1851?

Napoleonic Sword
The Place: St. Martinville, Louisiana
A family legend has it that when a doctor treated Napoleon at the Battle of Wagram in Austria, the great General was so grateful he rewarded him with a fine sword, which has been kept in the family ever since.
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