Aug 14  A Young Victim of War
Channel: Natchez National Historical Park
Date: 14/08/2016

Madelyn Falkenheiner, a senior at Trinity Episcopal Day School, presents a Natchez History Minute about the death of young Eli Montgomery, who died on this day, August 14, 1864.  Montgomery joined the army at the age of 14 but never saw battle, dying of disease in a Lauderdale Springs hospital, a young victim of war.