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re: Obscure/Interesting/Quirky "American" Facts 1865-1880
Posted on 8/22/14 at 6:45 am to Kafka
Posted on 8/22/14 at 6:45 am to Kafka
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I'm amazed that I grew up knowing my relatives who fought in ww1
It's a bit jarring to realize the civil war was only two lifetimes ago
My father and father-in-law both served in WWI - FIL got 2 purple hearts.
I have 3 great-grandfathers who fought in Civil War - the 4th claimed he was "too old" so he hid out, dodging the searchers for holdouts.
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Posted on 8/22/14 at 7:28 am to ChineseBandit58
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My father and father-in-law both served in WWI - FIL got 2 purple hearts.
I have 3 great-grandfathers who fought in Civil War - the 4th claimed he was "too old" so he hid out, dodging the searchers for holdouts.
Mine were in every US war starting from the Revolutionary War. Have two that were in the Civil War also, one was captured at Gettysburg. Interesting note to that one was that the POW camp was about 10 miles or so from our house at our last duty station in MD.
Posted on 8/22/14 at 7:40 am to ChineseBandit58
quote:I had a great GF or great uncle or something who got drafted in WWI. During training marches he would secretly fall out near the beginning, rest up in the bushes while the other marched 20 miles, then join back in when they marched by him again just before the end
I have 3 great-grandfathers who fought in Civil War - the 4th claimed he was "too old" so he hid out, dodging the searchers for holdouts.
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