The Confederate Colonel who could have been king: the life of Col. James Henry Rion, 1993.

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The Confederate Colonel who could have been king: the life of Col. James Henry Rion, 1993.

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Speech presents a biographical sketch of James H. Rion of South Carolina, chiefly recounting his military service as an officer in the 6th South Carolina Volunteer Infantry, the 7th S.C. Infantry Battalion, and Hagood's Brigade. Includes an affidavit by Dr. Ralph B. Hanahan describing his last hours and Rion's deathbed claim that he was born in Montreal, Canada, and was the son of Louis VII of France, who took the name Henri de Rion.

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