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re: Anyone with great or great great-grandfathers who fought in the Civil War?
Posted on 7/6/15 at 7:41 pm to lsuwontonwrap
Posted on 7/6/15 at 7:41 pm to lsuwontonwrap
Yes
My GGgrandfather was an officer in the 33rd Alabama Regiment
Enlisted at Demopolis at the age of 40
two of his brothers were KIA
he was captured at Chicamauga,
Spent a couple of years in prison camp at Rock Island, IL where he contracted smallpox
Damn Yankee bastids knew there was a smallpox outbreak but refused to quarantine
After loosing sight in one eye he was released in the spring of 65'
He returned home and eventually became head of the school board
He died in 1906 at the age of 84
I would give my ballbag to hear the story of his trek from IL back to Clay County...
My GGgrandfather was an officer in the 33rd Alabama Regiment
Enlisted at Demopolis at the age of 40
two of his brothers were KIA
he was captured at Chicamauga,
Spent a couple of years in prison camp at Rock Island, IL where he contracted smallpox
Damn Yankee bastids knew there was a smallpox outbreak but refused to quarantine
After loosing sight in one eye he was released in the spring of 65'
He returned home and eventually became head of the school board
He died in 1906 at the age of 84
I would give my ballbag to hear the story of his trek from IL back to Clay County...
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Posted on 7/6/15 at 7:42 pm to LSUTANGERINE
Yes. A great great grandfather was in charge of the regiment that lead to LSU's nickname of the Fighting Tigers. Not sure how I feel about it. His son was a graduate of the first LSU Medical School class. I like that better.
Posted on 7/6/15 at 7:44 pm to LSUTANGERINE
Great great grandfather fought for the Confederacy/NC, lived, came home and got my injun/black great great granny pregnant.
Posted on 7/6/15 at 7:45 pm to LSUTANGERINE
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LSUTANGERINE
Stages question, tries to guilt all people associated with the Confederacy
What a hack
Posted on 7/6/15 at 8:01 pm to LSUTANGERINE
Great-grandfather. Wisconsin. According to some family research, made it to LA to kick some traitor butts. The US flag his regiment carried (hand made by my gg grandmother) is still in the family. We rolled it out a few years back...pretty moving. I have a photo from 1903 that includes my gg grandfather with the flag hanging behind him.
Posted on 7/6/15 at 8:05 pm to LSUTANGERINE
My great grandfather ( my grandfathers grandfather):
Company G, 9th Massachusetts. Infantry. Enlisted on 11 June 1861. He fought in 23 battles. He was wounded at Gaines Mills, Virginia. He was discharged as a Corporal on 21, June, 1864 because of disability, the result of wounds in the neck and leg.
His head was permanently cocked off to one side and became a hard alcoholic, I've been told
Company G, 9th Massachusetts. Infantry. Enlisted on 11 June 1861. He fought in 23 battles. He was wounded at Gaines Mills, Virginia. He was discharged as a Corporal on 21, June, 1864 because of disability, the result of wounds in the neck and leg.
His head was permanently cocked off to one side and became a hard alcoholic, I've been told
Posted on 7/6/15 at 8:08 pm to LSUTANGERINE
LINK
This was my post in another thread
My grandmother's great uncle, one of the oldest surving confederate veterans. She remembers him well growing up. She also has alot of old pictures of her great grandfather, who died not long after the war.
ETA: I'll also add, he joined the KKK after the war and bailed out quickly afterwards. Many southerners were led to believe the KKK was to keep northern carpetbaggers out. He told many stories about it, and all the boys in his local communities were joining, once it turned into where they were going after blacks, he and most all the local boys got out of it. Believe it or not, even before the war, there were free blacks. He grew up working in the fields with some blacks, whether it was his fields that his family owned, or his black neighbor's fields to help each other out.
My grandmother's, great-grandfather, who were extremely poor, lived their adult lives in Lincoln parish. They brought in 2 young black kids right around war time when their parents died in a horse and buggy accident. Those kids older siblings were old enough to be on their own but not to support little kids. My ancestors supported them until he died in early 1870s. His wife had to send them back, of course they were older by then, to their siblings, b/c they couldn't afford to feed them.
This was my post in another thread
My grandmother's great uncle, one of the oldest surving confederate veterans. She remembers him well growing up. She also has alot of old pictures of her great grandfather, who died not long after the war.
ETA: I'll also add, he joined the KKK after the war and bailed out quickly afterwards. Many southerners were led to believe the KKK was to keep northern carpetbaggers out. He told many stories about it, and all the boys in his local communities were joining, once it turned into where they were going after blacks, he and most all the local boys got out of it. Believe it or not, even before the war, there were free blacks. He grew up working in the fields with some blacks, whether it was his fields that his family owned, or his black neighbor's fields to help each other out.
My grandmother's, great-grandfather, who were extremely poor, lived their adult lives in Lincoln parish. They brought in 2 young black kids right around war time when their parents died in a horse and buggy accident. Those kids older siblings were old enough to be on their own but not to support little kids. My ancestors supported them until he died in early 1870s. His wife had to send them back, of course they were older by then, to their siblings, b/c they couldn't afford to feed them.
Posted on 7/6/15 at 8:10 pm to windshieldman
My greatgrandfather got a Confederate pension.
Posted on 7/6/15 at 8:11 pm to russpot
[img]My greatgrandfather got a Confederate pension.
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bet that was pretty cushy
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bet that was pretty cushy
Posted on 7/6/15 at 8:18 pm to LSUTANGERINE
The brother of my great great grandfather was a spy for the north.
He was killed by southern soldiers. My family has a history of traitors I've found out
He was killed by southern soldiers. My family has a history of traitors I've found out
Posted on 7/6/15 at 8:19 pm to LSUTANGERINE
Yes
GG grandfather and his brother, both from Brusly. Arrived in Brusly Landing in the 1830's, from Paris. Neither owned slaves but fought anyway because the North invaded.
GG grandfather and his brother, both from Brusly. Arrived in Brusly Landing in the 1830's, from Paris. Neither owned slaves but fought anyway because the North invaded.
Posted on 7/6/15 at 8:19 pm to LSUTANGERINE
Yes, family still has his uniform, pistol, and sword.
Posted on 7/6/15 at 8:21 pm to LSUTANGERINE
quote:
my ancestors had not migrated to this country yet at that point...
Same here. Coming down from Canada ay
Posted on 7/6/15 at 8:21 pm to LSUTANGERINE
Jeff Davis is my great-great-great grandfather by adoption.
Posted on 7/6/15 at 8:23 pm to HeadyMurphey
I know far more about my ancestors than most. My grandmother was very big on family history. They still have the property and home that my great grandmother was raised in and I've spent a lot of time there diggin theough old "artifacts". I've heard stories of her as a kid getting spanked for sneaking around sheds used for stills during prohibition (and are still standing on that property). She just never talked about her grandfather much. Her grandma a little and definitely her mom and dad. But not a lot on her grandfather.
Posted on 7/6/15 at 8:32 pm to LSUTANGERINE
My great great grandfather fought for the Confederacy. He was part of the Simpson County Ms Minutemen. He attained the rank of corporal from what I have found . My grandfather was as good of a southern gentlemen as there was. He was proud of his heritage and so am I.
Posted on 7/6/15 at 8:38 pm to LSUTANGERINE
I do.
He fought with the Mississippi 38TH REGIMENT although he lived just south of Woodville, MS in West Feliciana Parish. He also drew a war pension after his service.
He fought with the Mississippi 38TH REGIMENT although he lived just south of Woodville, MS in West Feliciana Parish. He also drew a war pension after his service.
Posted on 7/6/15 at 8:39 pm to LSUTANGERINE
My great great grandfather Leon fought for the Confederacy. My grandfather told me about Leon's trip to Uncle Tom's cabin while stationed in New Orleans. He was fishing with the uncle Tom on a tree's limb hanging above the swamp. The two were minding their own business when out to the right in some bushes they saw the legendary Sheriff John Brady and Deputy Hedge throw in 2 dead bodies in the water. My great great grandad wanted to tell but Uncle Tom told him to keep his mouth shut because the risk was too great.
Posted on 7/6/15 at 8:43 pm to LSUTANGERINE
3 of my 4 great grandfathers, and some great-greats fought for the confederacy. One of my grandfathers (my namesake) sat out the war (actually hid from the those looking for him) saying he was too old. He was in his fifties. He wasn't too old to return home and sire another kid every year.
My mother's grandfather was thirty when he was captured early on at Arkansas Post and sent to Camp Douglas (the worst prison camp of the entire war from either side) in Illinois - actually where the campus of University of Chicago is today. He he was paroled he was almost dead from maltreatment - his wife drove a wagon to Monroe to pick him up and nurse him back to health. He later re-joined his old unit and lost his right arm at the battle of Mansfield.
After the war he moved to Texas and was a share-cropper, alongside blacks as neighbors on either side of him.
My dad's other grandfather joined at the age of 15 and also fought at the battle of Mansfield. He lived to be 102 years old, died in 1947, He was one of last 50 or so civil war vets left alive when he died. He told stories of capturing one yankee several times who hung around their camp. Said they always fed him well and gave him whiskey and smokes and released him. Apparently he was so close to being an idiot he served no purpose as a prisoner of war.
I once saw the rifle and powder horn my mom's grandfather used. I wanted to purchase it when I got older, but it had become lost. :(
A number of my great-great grandfathers were also on the rolls. They were listed as part of the engineering corps.
My mother's grandfather was thirty when he was captured early on at Arkansas Post and sent to Camp Douglas (the worst prison camp of the entire war from either side) in Illinois - actually where the campus of University of Chicago is today. He he was paroled he was almost dead from maltreatment - his wife drove a wagon to Monroe to pick him up and nurse him back to health. He later re-joined his old unit and lost his right arm at the battle of Mansfield.
After the war he moved to Texas and was a share-cropper, alongside blacks as neighbors on either side of him.
My dad's other grandfather joined at the age of 15 and also fought at the battle of Mansfield. He lived to be 102 years old, died in 1947, He was one of last 50 or so civil war vets left alive when he died. He told stories of capturing one yankee several times who hung around their camp. Said they always fed him well and gave him whiskey and smokes and released him. Apparently he was so close to being an idiot he served no purpose as a prisoner of war.
I once saw the rifle and powder horn my mom's grandfather used. I wanted to purchase it when I got older, but it had become lost. :(
A number of my great-great grandfathers were also on the rolls. They were listed as part of the engineering corps.
Posted on 7/6/15 at 8:45 pm to LSUTANGERINE
Yes. He was a Confederate General from Louisiana.
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