Harristown NewsLocal news for Harristown, IL continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.Decatur woman discovers long-lost family connection among the Civil War dead at Andersonville- November 6, 2007 "They have a memorial area there. "I found him 143 years to the day that he died. I'm so proud of him. He's no longer unknown. He was an American hero." From the time in sixth grade when she read the novel "Andersonville" by MacKinlay Kantor, Kathleen Jensen was fascinated with the notorious Civil War prison. via Herald & Reviewhttp://www.topix.net/city/harristown-il/2007/11/decatur-woman-discovers-long-lost-family-c... |