Meridian is a town in Mississippi. Cullen Bohannon was born and raised on his family farm in Meridian. Bohannon, his wife, Mary, and their son lived on the family plantation up until the Civil War. Mary and the boy remained on the plantation. During the war, Mary, their son, and Bethel, the slave who raise Bohannon, were murdered by Union troops lead by General William Sherman in Meridian. ("Pilot")
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