Peter Bonner's Jonesboro, Georgia Confederate Cemetery Stories 05 September 2013

Author, storyteller and historian Peter Bonner - owner of Historical & Hysterical Tours, Inc. and the world's only "Gone With The Wind Tour - tells some of the interesting stories of the Patrick Cleburn Confederate Cemetery in Jonesboro, Georgia. This is ground where the last major battle before the "Battle of Atlanta" took place in 1864. Peter shares the little known facts concerning the final burial of the confederate dead of the "Battle of Jonesboro". www.peterbonner.com Peter tells two stories here: "The Powder They Faced Had Nothing To Do With Makeup" "Buried Where They Fell In 1864 ... Reinterred In 1872" Peter has spent so many years researching and telling the stories of those who fought in the Battle of Jonesboro, Georgia that he needs no script or cue cards or teleprompter, for he shares from his heart. In this short video clip, Peter shares the stories of a few of those who eternally rest here. Among the dead of the Battle of Jonesboro, Peter spends a few moments telling their stories, unscripted and with passion ... as he does with every tour group that comes to visit and take his internationally known tour. It has been said that, "The dead have truly died in vain when the living refuse to look upon them". Join Peter as he shares just a few of his favorite tales of the dead who rest in the Confederate Cemetery in Jonesboro, Georgia, near the site of the most decisive battle of the Atlanta Campaign in 1864. Peter's presentation is unscripted and flowing from a head full of information powered by a heart full of passion for his subject. Author, public speaker and historian Peter Bonner writes about southern and Georgia history and is the world's foremost writer and public speaker on all things "Gone With The Wind". His book "Lost In Yesterday" recounts the true stories from her life and her friends and family that Margaret Mitchell used to pen "Gone With The Wind". www.peterbonner.com Visit the Road To Tara Museum in Jonesboro, Georgia (just a short drive south of downtown Atlanta) and take Peter's exclusive and world's only GWTW tour. visitscarlett.com/roadtotaramuseum.html Find Peter on Facebook under "Historical and Hysterical Stories" facebook.com/HistoricalandHystericalStories and also his web site: www.peterbonner.com