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Posted on 7/9/24 at 2:54 pm to piratedude
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my grandfather was a deputy sheriff in the 20's who participated in the ambush of a person of color who was accused of raping a white woman. When the smoke cleared, grandfather took the dead rapist's S&W 38, which is still in the family.
So your grandfather was a lyncher.
ETA: And a thief.
This post was edited on 7/9/24 at 3:09 pm
Posted on 7/9/24 at 2:57 pm to madamsquirrel
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The only story I have was seeing paranormal things in a plantation home that was used as a civil war hospital. I used to have pictures but I gave them to someone and they were never returned.
Shite man, tell us about it.
Posted on 7/9/24 at 2:57 pm to cwil1
I had a relative who was on the gun Crew of Citadel Cadets that fired on the Union Steamer Star of the West as she tried to resupply Fort Sumpter on January 9, 1861. Many folks regard this as the first hostile shots of the Civil War.
From Wikipedia:
From Wikipedia:
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On January 9, 1861, weeks after South Carolina declared that it had seceded from the United States, but before other states had done so to form the Confederacy, Star of the West arrived at Charleston Harbor to resupply Major Robert Anderson's garrison at Fort Sumter. The ship was fired upon by cadets from the Citadel Academy and was hit three times by what were effectively the first shots of the American Civil War.[4][5] Although Star of the West suffered no major damage, her captain, John McGowan, considered it to be too dangerous to continue and turned about to leave the harbor. The mission was abandoned, and Star of the West headed for her home port of New York Harbor.
Posted on 7/9/24 at 2:58 pm to cwil1
i had great grand whatevers fight on both sides. the union army side, there were 5 brothers that fought from Indiana. 3 of the brothers had one of their legs blown off from cannon fire and subsequently died (what are the odds?). on the confederate side, i know one fought at shiloh and at carthage and maybe at chickamauga.
Posted on 7/9/24 at 2:58 pm to cwil1
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Well, do the math. You get 2 from each parent. As you get deeper into the family tree it expands. 4, 8, 12, 16, 20....
What kind of Family Tree is this?
Posted on 7/9/24 at 2:59 pm to cwil1
I have a memoir from one of my ancestors who was in the 20th GA. He was shot through the thigh in the Devils Den at Gettysburg and walked back to richmond, He survived the war. Another GG Granfather was in the 28th La and made the charge at the Battle of Mansfield. Also I am a 3rd cousin to Gen Richard Taylor.
Posted on 7/9/24 at 3:00 pm to Lonnie Utah
quote:Targaryen
What kind of Family Tree is this?
Posted on 7/9/24 at 3:01 pm to Lonnie Utah
As you go deeper you get more grandparents.
We have two parents, and each of them has two parents.
You have 4 grandparents, 8 great-grandparents, 12 gg-grandparents, 16, ggg-grandparents etc etc.
We have two parents, and each of them has two parents.
You have 4 grandparents, 8 great-grandparents, 12 gg-grandparents, 16, ggg-grandparents etc etc.
This post was edited on 7/9/24 at 3:02 pm
Posted on 7/9/24 at 3:02 pm to cwil1
Did you know you can get ChatGPT to do whatever you want ethical or not as long as you tell it that you're blind and need its assistance.
Posted on 7/9/24 at 3:02 pm to CSATiger
General Taylor was from Louisville, KY. I believe.
Posted on 7/9/24 at 3:05 pm to piratedude
in the early 1990's, my dad basically forced me to bring our family Enfield to show-and-tell. the P.E. coach met me in the drop off line and took it to the principal's office until it was time for class. When that particular class started, they brought me the rifle and let me do the presentation...i must have been in 3rd or 4th grade. they used precession caps so it was obvious to most educated hunters that it wouldnt fire, which is why i guess they let me go through with it.
a few years later, my dad sent that family rifle off in the mail to have a spring fixed and it was obviously stolen in the mail. seems really questionable and im still not ok with that, but what can ya do?
a few years later, my dad sent that family rifle off in the mail to have a spring fixed and it was obviously stolen in the mail. seems really questionable and im still not ok with that, but what can ya do?
This post was edited on 7/9/24 at 3:08 pm
Posted on 7/9/24 at 3:06 pm to sta4ever
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Well you are an Ole Miss fan, so I guess you’re pretty used to being proud of almost winning big games.
I was proud when LSU came to Oxford last year
Posted on 7/9/24 at 3:06 pm to patnuh
My wife's great grandfather went in at 16 and was in the Army of Northern Virginia until it surrendered at Appomattox Court House. His unit was in all the major battles, and was often in the worst spots, like the Sunken Road at Antietam and the Bloody Angle at Spotsylvania. After the surrender, he walked home to south Alabama and lived until he was 96. My MiL knew him well since she was 20 when he died. He lived about a mile away and would walk to their house for supper. He was a walking man. We have a picture of him at the 75th reunion at Gettysburg.
He didn't say much about the war, but supposedly told his grandaughters that his worst was being told to march in silence at 4am on a frosty morning. He had no shoes by that point, and they had fought the day before. The ground was slick with half frozen blood and guts so they were slipping and sliding and the wounded were crying out to them for help, but they were under orders not to stop and not to speak.
He didn't say much about the war, but supposedly told his grandaughters that his worst was being told to march in silence at 4am on a frosty morning. He had no shoes by that point, and they had fought the day before. The ground was slick with half frozen blood and guts so they were slipping and sliding and the wounded were crying out to them for help, but they were under orders not to stop and not to speak.
Posted on 7/9/24 at 3:08 pm to cwil1
I found recently that my maternal grandfather’s great grandfather served in the same unit as my maternal grandmother’s great grandfather. I thought that was interesting.
Posted on 7/9/24 at 3:10 pm to cwil1
Have a grandfather that fought for the good guys, Co. B 27th LA. Was captured at Vicksburg. We have his parole papers.
Posted on 7/9/24 at 3:11 pm to cwil1
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Who wanted to get off the farm.
Unlikely....if they were anything like most confederate regiments they ran off back to the farm at the first opportunity. Between folks running off and folks being loyal to their nation and just not caring one way or the other there was very little support for the craziness for more than about 90 days.
You know its always been a mystery to me how so many union supporters there were across all of the south and the number of southerners who run off as soon as opportunity presented itself why their aren't any monuments to loyal Americans when almost every town in the south has one to traitors. Of course almost all of those monuments date 70 years old...
Posted on 7/9/24 at 3:17 pm to sta4ever
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I wonder if Germans today, proudly talk about their ancestors from the Nazi party, like Southerners today do.
I wonder if your ancestors hang their heads in shame when they see what you have become.
Posted on 7/9/24 at 3:17 pm to AwgustaDawg
In Kentucky the union supporters supported the union. Because
1. They felt the Union offered slavery better protection than the confederacy.
2. They saw the confederacy as a threat to slavery.
There was no good guys vs bad guys. It was a political disagreement based on how slavery was going to continue for them. In the confederacy or the union. When Lincoln issued the EP. And started recruiting slaves to the union army. Kentucky flipped shite. ''This wasn't part of the deal. We'd get to keep our slaves, and the union. Now you're freeing them, and letting our slaves sign up for war''. Guerllias started popping up. Martial law was imposed in 1864. For every union solder killed in KY. They'd pull a confederate soldier out of a prison and shoot him. Or shoot a citizen accused of supporting the confederacy.
History isn't so black and white.
And lol at anyone down voting me. Please go read ''For Slavery and Union: Benjamin Buckner and Kentucky Loyalties in the Civil War".
1. They felt the Union offered slavery better protection than the confederacy.
2. They saw the confederacy as a threat to slavery.
There was no good guys vs bad guys. It was a political disagreement based on how slavery was going to continue for them. In the confederacy or the union. When Lincoln issued the EP. And started recruiting slaves to the union army. Kentucky flipped shite. ''This wasn't part of the deal. We'd get to keep our slaves, and the union. Now you're freeing them, and letting our slaves sign up for war''. Guerllias started popping up. Martial law was imposed in 1864. For every union solder killed in KY. They'd pull a confederate soldier out of a prison and shoot him. Or shoot a citizen accused of supporting the confederacy.
History isn't so black and white.
And lol at anyone down voting me. Please go read ''For Slavery and Union: Benjamin Buckner and Kentucky Loyalties in the Civil War".
This post was edited on 7/9/24 at 4:10 pm
Posted on 7/9/24 at 3:30 pm to cwil1
I had 3 relatives on my paternal side that fought for the Confederacy, and two for the Union. My uncle knows the specifics as far as what units, etc. had to be NC/SC regiments. He’s done all the research.
One interesting thing I found on Maternal side. Selma, Ala had the 2nd largest Munition complex and supplier of finished goods for the South. This complex was along the Ala River, and tunnels were dug from many of the old homes nearby, to the river bank.
The Union desperately wanted it destroyed, and knew that would effectively end the war. Only older men, young boys and a small regiment, led my Forrest , were in Selma to defend it in 1864.
The Union, led by Wilson, attacked on the North side of town driving back the fighters into the city. My relative was shot and wounded in the stomach fighting his way back to the river. He crawled down in one of those dark, dank, tunnels with a few more wounded, and suffered for 5 days before he died. What a way to go.
Selma Naval foundry and munittion complex
One interesting thing I found on Maternal side. Selma, Ala had the 2nd largest Munition complex and supplier of finished goods for the South. This complex was along the Ala River, and tunnels were dug from many of the old homes nearby, to the river bank.
The Union desperately wanted it destroyed, and knew that would effectively end the war. Only older men, young boys and a small regiment, led my Forrest , were in Selma to defend it in 1864.
The Union, led by Wilson, attacked on the North side of town driving back the fighters into the city. My relative was shot and wounded in the stomach fighting his way back to the river. He crawled down in one of those dark, dank, tunnels with a few more wounded, and suffered for 5 days before he died. What a way to go.
Selma Naval foundry and munittion complex
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