"It's very difficult to replicate the soul of an old home in new construction. Those houses have seen things. They're kind of like your great grandparents."
"The age of the house was apparent in the attic joists and in the foundation, which lacked concrete footers and had brick on packed dirt."
"During the renovation, Payne found Civil War-era memorabilia in the attic, including tintype pictures, medicine bottles and bullet casings."
"The estate was used as a Union hospital after the Battle of the Wilderness in 1864, and by federal troops making their way to Richmond."
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