Veterans Son Remembers Him

[GWagner]

http://www.thedailytimes.com/article...LIFE/308279997

[Greg Barnett]

Re: Veterans Son Remembers Him

I have actually had the pleasure of meeting this young man. I met him at the McClung Museum, in Knoxville, when they opened the civil war exhibit. I was dressed in my period attire and he started asking me questions. He specifically commented on my private purchase shoes. I guess he was testing my knowledge. We talked for a bit and he made the comment that his father fought in the war. I was amazed with disbelief. Of course, I then started asking him questions. Mr Brown is a true GEM.

[FlatLandFed]

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Thanks for sharing, Brother.

I had the pleasure of meeting a Nebraska woman whose father fought for the Union, and preceding the Columbia Rifles' Culp's Hill scenario in 2003, I walked the Pickett-Pettigrew route at Gettysburg with an NPS tour group -- including the son of a Confederate veteran who was in the unit that made the original trip 140 years before. His father was about 80 when he was born, and now he was in his eighties. We gave him a hearty cheer!

It is always humbling whenever we're able to touch history, if only for a fleeting moment.

Best regards,
Paul Hadley
College View 320, AF&AM

[dirtyshirt]

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This is truely amazing. I honestly didn't know anyone like him was still alive! How could his father have been at Shiloh and fighting for Lee out East though?

[508preach]

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Well, the 8th Georgia doesnt have Shiloh on its battle honors but it did fight in Tennessee so what I'm thinking is that at one time his unit might have come near Shiloh but obviously wasnt there during the battle.

Heres a close up of the image he was holding in that article, its actually a really neat image.

[FloridaConscript]

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the 8th wasn't at Shiloh. There is an excllent regimental history on them though: A scyth of Fire.

http://www.amazon.com/Scythe-Civil-Georgia-Infantry-Regiment/dp/B000NDN28Q/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1251418478&sr=1-2

[GermanDraftee]

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Just last week, Milwaukee lost its last "true son" of a Civil War veteran, William Upham Jr. It is a loss that is felt by all in this area who study and/or reenact the ACW.

http://www.jsonline.com/news/obituaries/53518132.html

[FlatLandFed]

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John,
Am I reading the obit correctly that William Jr. is survived by a sister and brother? If so, I wonder if they also have an interest in William Sr.'s Civil War history?
Paul Hadley

[GermanDraftee]

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Paul,

I do not know. My involvement in the Milwaukee area is comparitively recent. I saw Bill at CWRT meetings and other events. His name was the one was the one that was constantly referenced. I would defer to any others who knew him & his family longer and better than I.

[Mudslinger]

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John,
Am I reading the obit correctly that William Jr. is survived by a sister and brother? If so, I wonder if they also have an interest in William Sr.'s Civil War history?
Paul Hadley

It stated that his brother died in infancy and he is survived by a half-sister.

[MuleyGil]

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Galen,

When I was reenacting in Alabama back in the early '90s, there was a Real Son named Mr Kennedy who portrayed a Confederate private soldier and came to most of the events. He carried his Enfield onto the field, but usually took a hit early. He loved it when the nurses would fawn over him! He was in his 80s back then. He has probably passed over by now.

Don't remember what unit he belonged to.

[GermanDraftee]

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It stated that his brother died in infancy and he is survived by a half-sister.

Maybe these old eyes are failing me, but I do not see that in the article. It closes with, "Other survivors include daughter Darby Upham; brother Frederick; sister Letty Mechler; grandchildren and great-grandchildren."

[Roy Queen]

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My mother works as a nurse at a nursing home, and I recall her telling me some years ago that she had a patient whose father was a drummer in the Union Army. I really wish that I had had mom to ask the lady more about her father.

Roy Queen