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James Madison Bedichek, no date. Guessing he is about 30 years old, here. Last year, I visited locations that represented the “bookends” of my great-great-grandfather James Madison Bedichek’s Civil War story: Lawrence, Kansas and Camp Chase, Ohio. At 19, James joined William Quantrill’s August 21, 1863 guerrilla attack on Lawrence, Kansas. He was one of 450 guerillas (along with Jesse and Frank James) who ambushed the town, indiscriminately killing over 160 people. The museum

Great-Granddaddy wrote and wrote and wrote! I am truly grateful! Here are some more bits and bobs that I particularly enjoyed. (Titles...

Great-Granddaddy tells the story of his father's passing. Although he loved and admired the man greatly, he said when he learned of JM's...

Today as I listened to more of the audio interviews I was a bit taken aback by the way Great-Granddaddy shares some of the life events of...