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The Two Stolen Mules and the Women of the Confederacy

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2712
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Abstract:
Mules stolen from the Union army began Ashley Horne's fortune. In 1911, frustrated by the lack of legislative funding to honor Confederate women, the Confederate veteran paid $10,000 to build a monument to Confederate women on Capitol Square in Raleigh.
Source:
The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 55 Issue 8, Jan 1988, p12-14, il, por