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Posted on 7/9/24 at 2:34 pm to Swamp Angel
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I have one great-great grandfather who (much as I am ashamed to admit) was commander of the 5th Iowa Cavalry
You shouldn't be ashamed of being descended from a winner.
Posted on 7/9/24 at 2:35 pm to Swamp Angel
I'm related to the Gaines family of VA. One of my distant cousins owned Gaines mill. Which was the site of a famous battle. He was a confederate supporter. The union officers visited him sometime before the battle. And took his cigars, and said he wouldn't be needing those anymore. When Hood counterattacked and won the battle. He ended up burying those officers on his land.
Posted on 7/9/24 at 2:38 pm to cwil1
Your grandfather?? How old are you baw? 126? My great, great, great grand father was a Confederate soldier. I found his grave in Bordelonville La. and I'm 58 years old!
Posted on 7/9/24 at 2:39 pm to cwil1
My great great great grandfather was 15 when the war broke out. He was an orphan from New Jersey living with his uncle in rural Mississippi near Vicksburg.
They sent him with a wagon to Mobile to get a load of salt. The confederates confiscated the wagon and impressed him into the army. He was captured when Mobile fell and sent to a POW camp on Ship Island. He was eventually paroled and walked home, arriving more than a year after he left.
15 years later he married a girl who's brother had been killed at the battle of Britton's Lane, near Jackson, TN. She named their first born son after her deceased brother, and that has been my family name ever since (Im the 4th to carry the name).
I have his picture taken in about 1912 when he was about 65. (He seemed a lot older in the picture).
One odd story: He had a grandson (my great uncle) who was born in 1909 and lived with him in the family home until he died in 1932. I duck hunted with him in the Mississippi River backwater up until 1997.
So I duck hunted with a man when I was in my 20s, who ate breakfast every morning with a man, who fought in the Civil War. And I am only 53 years old....
They sent him with a wagon to Mobile to get a load of salt. The confederates confiscated the wagon and impressed him into the army. He was captured when Mobile fell and sent to a POW camp on Ship Island. He was eventually paroled and walked home, arriving more than a year after he left.
15 years later he married a girl who's brother had been killed at the battle of Britton's Lane, near Jackson, TN. She named their first born son after her deceased brother, and that has been my family name ever since (Im the 4th to carry the name).
I have his picture taken in about 1912 when he was about 65. (He seemed a lot older in the picture).
One odd story: He had a grandson (my great uncle) who was born in 1909 and lived with him in the family home until he died in 1932. I duck hunted with him in the Mississippi River backwater up until 1997.
So I duck hunted with a man when I was in my 20s, who ate breakfast every morning with a man, who fought in the Civil War. And I am only 53 years old....
Posted on 7/9/24 at 2:41 pm to cwil1
We had family that lived in Fulton County, GA in 1864. Everything they owned was either stolen or burned.
Posted on 7/9/24 at 2:44 pm to cwil1
I wonder if Germans today, proudly talk about their ancestors from the Nazi party, like Southerners today do.
Posted on 7/9/24 at 2:45 pm to cwil1
My great great great grandfather was recruited by Marquis de Lafayette to fight in the Revolutionary War. They were good friends and my grandfather got to meet George Washington
Posted on 7/9/24 at 2:45 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.
Why wouldn't they?
Posted on 7/9/24 at 2:45 pm to sta4ever
Comparing the Nazis to Confederates is pretty dumb. And Japanese people still go to pacific battlefields. To pay tribute to their ancestors. They're still our famiy.
This post was edited on 7/9/24 at 2:48 pm
Posted on 7/9/24 at 2:46 pm to 4x4tiger
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my grandfather got to meet George Washington
Are you 200 years old?
Posted on 7/9/24 at 2:47 pm to No Colors
Hell, I thought I was old
Posted on 7/9/24 at 2:47 pm to No Colors
Lol....I just put grandfather instead of the multiple "greats". Chalk that one to laziness
This post was edited on 7/9/24 at 2:48 pm
Posted on 7/9/24 at 2:48 pm to cwil1
quote:they fought and they won
Civil war ancestors/family stories
Posted on 7/9/24 at 2:48 pm to cwil1
OP has a mindblowing number of grandfathers!
Posted on 7/9/24 at 2:49 pm to Violent Hip Swivel
You'd be surprised once you get into the family tree.
Posted on 7/9/24 at 2:50 pm to cwil1
My great grandfather fought with the rebels, and killed a union officer. He took the dead officer's handgun, which is still in the family. i took it to show and tell in the 5th grade (1964ish), and no one flinched. I kept it in my desk in a paper sack all day.
his son, 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.
I broke with family tradition and bought a handgun.
his son, 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.
I broke with family tradition and bought a handgun.
Posted on 7/9/24 at 2:50 pm to Gee Grenouille
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My uncle told me if I ever looked into my ancestry I'd find things I didn't want to know, and he later asked me never to get my DNA tested. So I guess I'll never know.
So you walk around with guilt about unknown ancestors and you don’t even know why?
Posted on 7/9/24 at 2:51 pm to cwil1
My Grandfather was with the 54th GA, Company I. Captured at Gettysburg and interned in Point Lookout, MD - which was about a 15 minute drive or so from where we were stationed at (NAS Pax River).
Posted on 7/9/24 at 2:51 pm to Gee Grenouille
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My uncle told me if I ever looked into my ancestry I'd find things I didn't want to know, and he later asked me never to get my DNA tested. So I guess I'll never know.
Your uncle is your dad. He was wearing your mom out.
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