Raised by my grandmother, Lucile Neidlinger, I was told amazing stories throughout my childhood. And grandma was a storyteller like no other, and I only try to measure up today. One of my favorites was about her grandma Jane (Blackburn) Moore, born in 1856. It goes without saying that I never met Jane, but I heard of her exploits enough when grandma would tell her stories that I knew her well. I enjoy telling about your life as I lead people on Sons of Savannah Walking Tours.

Our tour business, Sons of Savannah Tours, shares Savannah with people from everywhere. And millions come see Savannah every year. Have you ever wondered why? Why are you looking at visiting Savannah? Let us share our perspectives, because when a visitor arrives in Savannah they get to see what our family has known firsthand for nearly three hundred years. There is just something about Savannah that is like nowhere else. It is amazingly beautiful, but someone might say, "but

Abstract: The Southern Claims Commission was created by the United States House of Representatives in 1871 in order to aid those Southerners who had remained loyal to the Union during the Civil War. More than twenty-thousand Southerners made claims for compensation from the commission for all manner of loss...for material or crop losses, or perhaps for having livestock or horses commandeered for Union Army use in Sherman's March to the Sea. Over three-hundred Savannahians mad