re: Auburn, tell us about southern architecture

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I think that was Marietta but I could be wrong.

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Marietta was burned, at least a good part of it, including Georgia Military Academy and the courthouse.

A large part of Smyrna was burned on or around July 4 1864. My g-g-g-grandfather's house was about to be burned (they had thrown torches under the porch) when soldiers ransacking the interior found his Masonic apron. The commanding officer was also a Mason and would not let a fellow Mason's house burn, so he made the soldiers go under the house and pull the torches out and douse the flames.