McCandless Posted April 10, 2017 Share Posted April 10, 2017 Interesting, Playing with Ancestry.com, and found that some of my cousins out in Tennessee fought for the Confederacy in units of Tennessee and Arkansas, and one of their brothers went north and fought for the Union with the 48th Missouri. There were other cousins that fought for the confederacy in South Carolina and North Carolina units, and still other family members who fought for the union in Massachusetts units. They might even have unknowingly fought each other at Gettysburg and elsewhere. Went to Fold3.com and found their service records. Dang, now I'm gonna have to get a Union uniform to go with my Confederate Uniform! But my Cap n' Ball pistols will do for either side, which ever mood strikes me that day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waimea Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 You could wear grey on the top and blue on the bottom and really be conflicted. Waimea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Bullweed Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 Many families fought on both sides, mine included. Unfortunately, most people do not care that just seven or eight generations ago their people did not take to Twitter and FB with disagreements, they grouped up went to war. I have just recently started understanding that in the late 19th century west, most disagreements were Yankee townspeople and large ranchers against Southern small farmers and ranchers, or Southern ne'er do wells like the James and Younger families. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Earp SASS#60034 Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 I had one relative from NC who was conscripted while in the North and was later captured by the South so he just changed uniforms and finished the war fighting for Robert E Lee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-BAR #18287 Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 3 hours ago, Tom Bullweed said: Unfortunately, most people do not care that just seven or eight generations ago... It was only 3 generations ago for me. My great grandfather was a Confederate from Texas, died a POW at Camp Douglas. His son, my grandfather, was 56 when my father was born in 1916. Makes it all seem especially recent! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabez Cowboy,SASS # 50129 Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 Ya all talkin about da war of Northern aggression ??? Them's Yanks was a bad lot ... Pickin on them good ole southern boys .... Jabez Cowboy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Lizard Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 I think there are still adults out there, that there fathers did fight in the Civil War...I think that group is getting smaller...That would be a very strong part of history for them... Texas Lizard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brimstone Bill Willson Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 11 hours ago, Texas Lizard said: I think there are still adults out there, that there fathers did fight in the Civil War...I think that group is getting smaller...That would be a very strong part of history for them... Texas Lizard http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/special-features/2014/11/141111-veterans-day-150-anniversary-civil-war-memories/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 I was told by my Dad that we had relatives that fought in the war for the north. These folks were from his adopted family rather than his birth family which would be more accurate regarding family history. He was adopted at age 1 and then met his birth family when he was 8 or 9. He even lived with them for 6 months - long story. Not gonna bore you with it here. Now my Dad said that from his birth family there were a few soldiers in the war between the states. He also said that he was half Cherokee. He wasn't. More like 1/8th to 1/4 depending on who was asked. Heck, for all I know he was zero Cherokee and just happened to have black hair and tan skin. So, I am suspicious of the family history that I learned from my Dad regarding either family - adoptive or birth. My Nanny, the woman that adopted my Dad and the woman that was my Grandmother said that there were a couple of people from her mother's side that were in the war. I have always thought about doing further research on Ancestry.com might reveal some interesting info. I started a search once but didn't get further than 2 generations back and the info was disjointed from what I know to be true so I never went any further with it. Maybe it's time to revisit that...maybe ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 Hey McCandless, that is interesting regarding having family on both sides. Being the rebellious type you just may want to skip on that blue uniform. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Hombre Sin Nombre Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 12 hours ago, Jabez Cowboy,SASS # 50129 said: Ya all talkin about da war of Northern aggression ??? Them's Yanks was a bad lot ... Pickin on them good ole southern boys .... Jabez Cowboy Isn't the war of Northern aggression that time when those Canadians tried to take on us Americans? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cypress Sun Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 1 hour ago, Redwood Kid said: Isn't the war of Northern aggression that time when those Canadians tried to take on us Americans? No, that's the War of Canadian Invasion. In Florida, it happens once a year during the cooler months. They invade, bombard us with their quarters, drive slow in the fast lane, refuse to speak English (some of them) and otherwise aggravate the hell out of us. The good thing is that they always retreat back to Canada from the end of March until the middle of October. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palmetto Traveller Posted April 12, 2017 Share Posted April 12, 2017 My family has been in SC since the Revolutionary War so all of my ancestors fought for the Confederacy. Great Grandfather 5 times removed fought with his two brothers at the battle of Seven Pines where the two brothers were killed and GF lost his legs. I've always been proud of my family's heritage and my alias is a nod to that. Palmetto for my home and Traveler was R.E. Lee's horse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.W. Sinclair Posted April 12, 2017 Share Posted April 12, 2017 I have 14 direct ancestors that I know fought in the Civil War. Some were there from the Battle of First Manassas all the way to Appomattox Court House. Some fought in the East with the Army of Northern Virginia. Others were with the Army of Tennessee or the Trans-Mississippi Department. They all wore gray and butternut. One was KIA and one died as a POW in St. Louis. They served in the 11th Alabama Infantry, 13th Mississippi Infantry, Gamblin's Company of Mississippi Cavalry, Brookhaven Light Artillery, 3rd Arkansas Infantry, 4th Mississippi Cavalry, 24th Arkansas Infantry, 26th Arkansas Infantry, 5th Alabama Infantry, 42nd Georgia Infantry , 6th Arkansas Cavalry, 3rd Georgia Reserve Cavalry, 2nd Georgia Reserve Infantry. My alias is taken from the names of my grandfather's grandfathers. When I was growing up, I lived with my grandfather. When he was growing up, he lived with his grandfather who was in Co F, 13 Mississippi and was wounded at Gettysburg on July 3, 1863. His other grandfather was in Co K, 11th Alabama along with two of his brothers. He was wounded at Wilcox Farms, Va on June 22, 1864 and was on the rolls at Appomattox Courthouse. My grandfather told me stories that he had heard from his grandfather. I found the records to prove that they were all true. The one from Alabama was named John Webster Tadlock. He had a son named Grover Cleveland Tadlock. The one from Mississippi was named John Sinclair Askin. He had a daughter named Pearl that married "Cleve." They had a boy named Vern. That was my grandfather. I'm a Tadlock. I took my alias from my two great grandfathers' first names and their middle names. So, I am J.W. Sinclair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474 Posted April 14, 2017 Share Posted April 14, 2017 Up here in Canada, I wasn't too surprised to learn that some of my relations fought for the Union, but after I learned when the family came to North America, landing in the Carolina's in the 1600's, I started looking south of the Mason-Dixon Line and found my namesake in the 27th Georgia. That has become part of my CAS persona. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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