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After the close of the American Civil War men went back towhat had been home. For many of them it meant starting overto rebuild a new life. Such was the case with Benjamin FranklinHarris an eighteen year old boy turned into a man.Traveling, or in his case walking, west with a group of exwarfriends God directed him to an immigrant German farmerwho wanted nothing more than to be a good American andsee his daughters married. Hans and Bessie Fredrickson tookBenjamin into their home and became his new family