Civil War Degrees of Separation

[tomarch]

Re: Civil War Degrees of Separation

No one in my family I can point to as they all were either British or Canadian. But.... When I went back to college in my 30's a fellow class-mate who was in his 70's flew in WWII and when he was a Boy Scout back in Minn. did yearly duty with his Troop as guides for Federal Vets who would come for the GAR conventions. The Idea of shaking hands with a man who held the hand of a man who fought for the Union (maybe at Gettysburg or Missionary Ridge )just sent chills up my spine...

[Bruce Schultz]

Re: Civil War Degrees of Separation

It still blows my mind that my mother (who's still with us) was the grand-daughter of a CW veteran. Her grandfather died before she was born, but she remembers his widow, who was still getting a veteran's pension until she died in 1935.

Bruce Schultz

[smander]

Re: Civil War Degrees of Separation

Gentlemen,

I am at the edge of 3 degrees of separation! My great-Grandfather on my Grandmother's side was an Infantryman and on my Grandfather's side a Union Cavalryman. I lost a great-Uncle also out of the 21st NY Cav. I remember my Grand-mother speaking of her father and seeing his uniform when I was a child.

Scott Manderville

[EasySam]

Re: Civil War Degrees of Separation

Before I left the SCV we had a real son. He was born when his Daddy was 72. Went to war at 14. My friend's only memory of his father though was sitting on his knee when he was a little boy. He was told a couple of stories by older family members. Daddy was from Arkansas and went off with his cousin. Once they were on a scout, and they cut down a tree for the honey and the next day his cousin shot a Federal picket for which he was sorry. He died a couple of years ago, the same year two of his brothers passed away. The soldier's rifle is still in the family. It was a british hunting rifle.