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History Matters: The Scott Family Cemetery.

Dr. Gary Joiner
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LSU Shreveport
Dr. Gary Joiner

Airs Tuesday, September 3, 2019, at 7:45 a.m. This week commentator Dr. Gary Joiner takes a look at the amazing histories that can be found in our cemeteries, by recounting the history behind Scottsville Cemetery.

Gary Joiner is a cartographer and an associate professor of history at LSU in Shreveport. He is the author or editor of 12 books including “Shiloh and the Western Campaign of 1862,” “One Damn Blunder From Beginning to End: The Red River Campaign in 1864,” “Through the Howling Wilderness: The Red River Campaign and Union Failure in 1864,” “Red River Steamboats,” and “Mr. Lincoln's Brown Water Navy: Mississippi Squadron.”