MONROE, Tenn. (WTVF) — You never know what you'll find going through the family storage. A man in Monroe knows that well. A little sorting led to a discovery connected to US history.

This time of year, close to Thanksgiving, is when a lot of people reconnect with family. Reconnecting with family is a long term project for Tim Young. His roots run deep in Monroe.

"I'd say a hundred years, anyway," Young said. "This house, the front part here, was built in 1925 by my great-grandfather."

About 40 years ago, Young and his grandmother went searching through boxes of the family's storage. Neither had any idea they'd find a trunk carrying a suitcase with a purse inside. The purse carried four folded papers.

"It was a letter dated October 20, 1862 from Harrodsburg, Kentucky concerning the Batt

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