Samuel Dowse Bradwell

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Samuel Dowse Bradwell, a Civil War veteran, opened Bradwell Institute in Hinesville in 1870. The school, founded as Hinesville Academy by Bradwell's father, James Sharpe Bradwell, had been closed during the war. Today the institute operates as a public high school.

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Samuel Dowse Bradwell

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