Bill Yopp went to war with his masteer, to be his man servant. His master was wounded and left. Bill stayed on as a drummer.
Bill died as an ex-slave.
Before his death he was a doorman of the Georgia State Legislation Building. He politicked state representatives to build
a retirement home for Confederate Soldiers, which he succeeded.
He is the only person of color buried in the Marietta
Confederate Cemetery.
I think he was nuts.
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