Gullah Days: Hilton Head Islanders Before the Bridge 1861-1956 QUOTES

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Gullah Days: Hilton Head Islanders Before the Bridge 1861-1956 QUOTES

1 " If you wish to know hell before your time,' a Confederate officer wrote, 'go to Saint Simons Island and be hunted for ten days' by colored troops. "

― , Gullah Days: Hilton Head Islanders Before the Bridge 1861-1956

2 " One company stayed on without pay. The men, contrabands from Georgia, went to Saint Simons Island to help garrison the island. Proud to be the last soldiers in Hunter's regiment, they hunted invading rebels in dense palmetto thickets. "

― , Gullah Days: Hilton Head Islanders Before the Bridge 1861-1956

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