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The recent story on Fox about the Civil War artifacts found in Stafford

 http://www.staffordcountysun.com/scs/lifestyles
/any/article/big_dig_held_at_school_site/13988/>

Published: April 17, 2008

STAFFORD — Before Stafford County can build the school system’s sixth high school it must clear out some leftover artifacts from a bygone era.

The 172 arces of land allocated to build the school sits on Leeland Road, and on what used to be a Civil War base camp to house infantrymen. In order to the get the proper permits for the construction of the school, the site has to be excavated by mandate of the state’s historic commission, according to Jeff Lamberson, director of construction for Stafford County Public Schools.

“We’re losing opportunities like this every day to look at a large undeveloped site dating back to the Civil War. It’s pretty neat the stuff we have found out here,” said Lamberson.

The Band

Virgil Caine is the name, and I served on the Danville train,
'Til Stonewall's cavalry came and tore up the tracks again.
In the winter of '65, We were hungry, just barely alive.
By May the tenth, Richmond had fell, it's a time I remember, oh so well,

The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, and the bells were ringing,
The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, and all the people were singin',
They went Na, Na, Na, Na, Na, Na,
Na, Na, Na, Na, Na, Na, Na, Na

Back with my wife in Tennessee, When one day she called to me,
"Virgil, quick, come and see, there goes Robert E. Lee!"
Now I don't mind choppin' wood,
and I don't care if the money's no good.
Ya take what ya need and ya leave the rest,
But they should never have taken the very best.

The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, and the bells were ringing,
The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, and all the people were singin',
They went Na, Na, Na, Na, Na, Na,
Na, Na, Na, Na, Na, Na, Na, Na

Like my father before me, I will work the land,
Like my brother above me, who took a rebel stand.
He was just eighteen, proud and brave,
But a Yankee laid him in his grave,
I swear by the mud below my feet,
You can't raise a Caine back up when he's in defeat.