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Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Pelham Students Help Civil War Soldiers on Davids' Island in 1864

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The United States Government leased Davids' Island off the coasts of Pelham and New Rochelle in April, 1862 for use as a hospital complex during the Civil War.  The Government erected structures that eventually housed thousands of wounded soldiers. 

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