1863: Enemy 'aided' to save railroad

(Public Opinion) Mrs. Samuel Lightner would never have considered herself an actress. She was a wife and a mother of eight and filling those roles was enough for anyone. However, in late June 1863, she performed a role worthy of the best actresses of the time. Despite the fact that her family supported the Union and her husband was in the army, Mrs. Lightner played the role of a Confederate sympathizer in order to save a railroad. Continued

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