ST. CHARLES COUNTY HISTORY
By Dorris Keeven-Franke
Tag: Austin Pringle
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Freedom seeker Smith Ball had fought at Fort Blakely in Alabama, The Battle of Blakeley was the final major battle of the Civil War, with surrender just hours after Grant had accepted the surrender of Lee at Appomatox in the afternoon of April 9, 1865.
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Smith Chapel Cemetery, was begun by freedom seekers who had used the Underground Railroad…