Crawford County GaArchives Military Records.....Henry N. Britt April 26 1865
Civilwar Co. D, 54th Georgia Infantry, C.S.A.
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Rozine Britt Sheets DonaRoze@aol.com and Joyce Smith jrsmith@eagnet.com July 3, 2003, 10:30 pm



This story of my great grandfather, Henry N. Britt when he returned home from 
the Civil War was recently shared with me by Ruth Prince Dennett, daughter of 
Minnie Britt and O.C. Prince and granddaughter of Henry Britt through Joyce 
Smith.
....Aunt Mattie remembered when Henry returned home from the war.  Henry and 
Elizabeth Betsy Miller Britt lived in Knoxville, GA.  Their house had a white 
picket fence around it.  Aunt Mattie spied a man at the gate.  She said, "Ma, 
there's a tramp at our gate."  Grandma replied, "That's no tramp; that's your 
Pa!"  He had hiked for miles.  His uniform was worn and soiled. His shoes were 
lined with cardboard.  His beard and hair were long and dirty.  But she ran and 
embraced him.  The children filled iron washpots with water, built a fire 
around it to heat the bath water.  Grandpa held his shirt over the fire 
and "popping sounds" were heard.  This was the lice in his shirt dieing.

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