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On January 16, 1865, U.S. Army Gen. William T. Sherman issued Special Field Order No. 15, appropriating the Sea Islands and coastal lands for freedmen. Gen. Rufus Saxon was given the task of assigning the head of each family 40 acres and the temporary use of a horse or mule, likely the origin of the expression “40 acres and a mule.”
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Staff reports The Beaufort Memorial Collins Birthing Center welcomed three additions on Christmas Day, with families from Beaufort, Okatie and Ridgeland taking home the sweetest gifts they could ever ask for. Beaufort parents Debora Bocardo and Asael Sanchez brought home baby Amsi, born at 10:24 p.m. and weighing 7 pounds, 2 ounces. Baby Isabella was
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