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re: Civil war ancestors/family stories
Posted on 7/9/24 at 4:39 pm to slacker130
Posted on 7/9/24 at 4:39 pm to slacker130
I read Shiloh: A Novel by Shelby Foote every few years. This thread is reminding me that it's about that time again.
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Posted on 7/9/24 at 4:45 pm to cwil1
My GG Grandfather was in the 33rd Alabama regiment.
Joined at Demopolis in 62'
Lost 2 brothers and was captured at Chickamauga in Sept 63'
Sent to Rock Island prison camp
Yankee bastards new there was a smallpox outbreak but refused to quarantine.
Lost sight in one eye as a result of the smallpox and was released after the war
Returned to Clay County and eventually became President of the school board.
Died in 1919 at the age of 87.
Joined at Demopolis in 62'
Lost 2 brothers and was captured at Chickamauga in Sept 63'
Sent to Rock Island prison camp
Yankee bastards new there was a smallpox outbreak but refused to quarantine.
Lost sight in one eye as a result of the smallpox and was released after the war
Returned to Clay County and eventually became President of the school board.
Died in 1919 at the age of 87.
Posted on 7/9/24 at 4:45 pm to cwil1
A gggg uncle was deputy commander at Salisbury prison. Likely bought his commission as didn't attend college etc. After war returned home to farm, a relative has his uniform and sword.
What I have read about the prisons is they were hell on earth.
I think I am one of few Canadians w relatives who fought in civil war.
What I have read about the prisons is they were hell on earth.
I think I am one of few Canadians w relatives who fought in civil war.
Posted on 7/9/24 at 4:47 pm to sta4ever
What a retarded comparison.
The men that joined the confederacy didn't have much of a choice in the matter.
The Nazi party was a bunch of terrorists that tried to exterminate a group of people to extinction. They had a choice and that was henious crimes against humanity.
The men that joined the confederacy didn't have much of a choice in the matter.
The Nazi party was a bunch of terrorists that tried to exterminate a group of people to extinction. They had a choice and that was henious crimes against humanity.
Posted on 7/9/24 at 4:47 pm to sta4ever
It’s crazy how all the shitty soyboy posters had ansoysters that fought with the soyankees and the good posters ancestors all fought with the good guys
Posted on 7/9/24 at 4:50 pm to cwil1
General William R Peck of Sicily Island...Peck Plantation stands
Posted on 7/9/24 at 4:54 pm to cwil1
My great-great-grandfather was fighting with the Georgia infantry unit known as Cobb's Legion, G Company, under the command of General Longstreet. He was captured at the skirmish of High Bridge, Virginia, on April 7, 1865.
He was present at Appomattox Court House two days later when Lee surrendered. On taking the oath of allegiance, he and his mates were sent home.
He was present at Appomattox Court House two days later when Lee surrendered. On taking the oath of allegiance, he and his mates were sent home.
Posted on 7/9/24 at 4:55 pm to prostyleoffensetime
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So you walk around with guilt about unknown ancestors and you don’t even know why?
No guilt. Dad and uncle grew up in the 60s man
Posted on 7/9/24 at 4:57 pm to cwil1
My father was a Roman
Posted on 7/9/24 at 5:04 pm to geauxjuice
and how old is this guy? did he fight in WW1?
Posted on 7/9/24 at 5:11 pm to No Colors
This is dumb and these idiots are full of shite.
Posted on 7/9/24 at 5:17 pm to cwil1
Have quite a few that served with the 1st Alabama (Union) Cavalry. One was dispatched as a spy to North Alabama during Sherman’s March. Another died of disease in what is now the Downtown Presbyterian Church in Nashville. I have their pension records which are fascinating as a genealogy and Civil War buff. Have a number of CSA ancestors too. One died during the Atlanta campaign and another was with a unit attached to Forrest.
Posted on 7/9/24 at 5:25 pm to KyleOrtonsMustache
Check out the recent book “Silent Cavalry”. Excellent book by Howell Raines on the 1st Alabama.
Posted on 7/9/24 at 5:30 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.
Are you really comparing the CSA and its armies to Nazi Germany?
Good Troll there buddy or you’re one Stupid arse.
Posted on 7/9/24 at 5:33 pm to cwil1
No knowledge of CW relatives, but I did have a grandfather x7 that was a Patriot who fought along side George Washington. I became a Son of the Revolution about 5 years ago.
Posted on 7/9/24 at 6:17 pm to cwil1
General Alexander commanded Lee's artillery at the battles of Fredericksburg and Gettysburg when he was 27 and 28 years-old respectively. His mother was a Hillhouse, as was my grandmother. We are distant cousins.
Posted on 7/9/24 at 6:31 pm to cwil1
I have a bunch from both sides of my family. My mother’s side mostly fought and some died in and around Vicksburg and Port Hudson, and a few were part of a red river prisoner exchange.
On my dad’s side there is more information as well as a letter from my GGG Grandfather to his wife back home.
He was in Northern Mississippi at the time it was written. He died 8 days after writing the letter around Itawamba County on July 6th 1864. It was initially found in his bible, placed there by his wife, and handed down through the generations.
He was a sergeant in the 2nd MS INF (Quinn’s Brigade)
On my dad’s side there is more information as well as a letter from my GGG Grandfather to his wife back home.
He was in Northern Mississippi at the time it was written. He died 8 days after writing the letter around Itawamba County on July 6th 1864. It was initially found in his bible, placed there by his wife, and handed down through the generations.
He was a sergeant in the 2nd MS INF (Quinn’s Brigade)
Posted on 7/9/24 at 7:01 pm to Swamp Angel
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Michael and his father would hitch up the horses to the wagon and go between the Union and Confederate encampments to collect coffee and sugar from the Confederate forces to trade for flour from the Union forces. The trade helped ease shortages of desired rations on both sides. Because he and his father facilitated the trade and kept things on the up-and-up in their interactions with both sides, the opposing commanders decided that they would not meet in battle on that property.
You know how they say cool story bro?
This actually is.
Posted on 7/9/24 at 8:05 pm to Bestbank Tiger
I have read “Company Aytch” about 20 times and have replayed the audiobook for the last 10 days night and day. Terrible war but a just cause.
Franklin is hard to fathom.
Franklin is hard to fathom.
Posted on 7/9/24 at 8:14 pm to cwil1
Family had a plantation on the Mississippi River back then.
Had a letter from Robert E Lee thanking our family for their help.
I never saw a nickel from either of these 2 items.
Had a letter from Robert E Lee thanking our family for their help.
I never saw a nickel from either of these 2 items.
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