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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Dave L, post: 2891688, member: 26285&quot;]Hey Mec2, nice note - I have one too. I received an email about a year ago from a gentleman who owns the building and saw my banknote on my website while surfing the web. He wasn&#039;t a banker, but was restoring the building. He of course was surprised that there was issued banknotes from the bank and wanted some more information. He said he found that the information I had gave some new insight, etc. from the popular stories in the area. </p><p><br /></p><p>Then he also said that the building still had some civil war battle scars, including cannon ball holes and scorching/burn marks, that were just covered up. He was going to try to leave them open for people to see the historic link firsthand. </p><p><br /></p><p>Below is an excerpt from the email:</p><p><br /></p><p><i><font size="4">That building has many truthful stories and intersects with many historical figures.&nbsp; It also is extremely entwined with the “lost cause”--a Confederate building that survived.&nbsp; Barely.&nbsp; Attached is a picture of it after the bombardment.&nbsp; It is interesting to note that the burn marks in this illustration match the burned wood we’ve uncovered.&nbsp; They simply covered over the damage--it’s still there.</font></i></p><p><i><font size="4"><br /></font></i></p><p><i><font size="4">You know, what you discovered was something that the local historians didn’t know--the circumstances about the bank President and how he became a non-person because he allowed a Yankee soldier to be buried in Magnolia Cemetery.&nbsp; There’s a lot of history-focused people in Charleston.</font></i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>It&#039;s a nice bit of history, so if your ever in the area, you should look at visiting the building and asking to see the battle scars. I myself haven&#039;t made it yet as it&#039;s quite the distance for me. He sent a photo of some of the damage he uncovered but I seem to have saved only the thread and not the original email and have lost the attachment. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> I&#039;ve looked all through gmail and on my hard drive. I think I must&#039;ve thought I could always get it from the attachment - figures.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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