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Re: Who is your WBTS Hero or Heroine?
Very true Mr. Fulford, I would have to second what Mr. Swank noted earlier.
Good day,
Tyler
Very true Mr. Fulford, I would have to second what Mr. Swank noted earlier.
Good day,
Tyler
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Tyler Habig
49th Indiana Co. F
[B]Tanglefoot Mess[/B]
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[I][SIZE=3]Aaron T. Kinslow[/SIZE][/I]
[I][SIZE=3]Co. D 6th Ky Reg Ky[/SIZE][/I]
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[I][SIZE=3]Born Dec 17, 1842[/SIZE][/I]
[I][SIZE=3]Died Jan 31, 1862[/SIZE][/I]
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Re: Who is your WBTS Hero or Heroine?
1a) My GGGGranpa, Pvt. William Preston Foster, 1st Tennessee Infantry Batallion, Enlisted in Sept 1861, Died from Wounds recieved at Resaca, GA 1864.
1b) My GGGranpa, Pvt.Staring John Savage, 35th Tennessee Mountain Rifle Regiment CSA
More known Figures,
2) General Partick Cleburne, "The Stonewall of the West"
3) General Nathan Bedford Forrest, "The Wizard of the Saddle"
4) Sam Davis, "Boy Hero of The Confederacy"
Joey Savage
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Braxton BraggLee White
Researcher and Historian
"Delenda Est Carthago"
"My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings, Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!"
http://bullyforbragg.blogspot.com/Comment
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Re: Who is your WBTS Hero or Heroine?
It would have to be John Gibbon, a brave and courageous man who fought for his country and beliefs.Bob Hutton:)
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Thanks for sharing that, Lee. I "resign" myself to get drunk on December 2 every year, in celebration.
Rich CroxtonRich Croxton
"I had fun. How about you?" -- In memory of Charles Heath, 1960-2009Comment
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Re: Who is your WBTS Hero or Heroine?
I have 2... my g-g-g-uncle Colonel Edward Cross and Colonel Charles Frederick Taylor.
Both were brave men and very ably led their regiments. Both were fatally wounded at Gettysburg within about 75 yards of each other. Within an hour, more or less, time wise on July 2d.[FONT="Times New Roman"]
[I]" Stand firm and fire low!"...[B]Colonel Edward Cross 5th NHV[/B][/I]
Dean Cass
106th Reg't PVI
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Re: Who is your WBTS Hero or Heroine?
My favorite is John Wilder for his innovative thinking of mounting his infantry for mobility and outfitting his men with the firepower of the Spencer repeating rifle. My GGF was a member of Co. A, 17th Indiana, Wilder's "Lightning Brigade"
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My great-great grandfather Pvt. Enos Oliver and great uncle Sim Oliver, 34th Georgia Infantry Co. I The Flintville Greys.
I also admire CS Generals AP Hill, James J. Archer, George Doles, Robert Rodes, John Gordon.
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Uncle Billy. 'Nuff said.[SIZE="4"][B][COLOR=RoyalBlue]Eric Michael Burke[/COLOR][/B][/SIZE]
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[SIZE="1"][i][U][B][COLOR="DimGray"]In Proud Memorium:[/COLOR][/B][/U]
[B]Pvt. James Swingler Chandler (3x Great Grandfather)
[/B]Co. H, 111th Illinois Volunteer Infantry
[B]Pvt. John D. Linthicum (4x Great Grandfather)
[/B]Co. F, 118th Illinois Volunteer Infantry
[B]Pvt. Martin Van Buren Straight (3x Great Grandfather)
[/B]Co. E, 23rd Missouri Volunteer Infantry
[B]Cpl. Andreas Schoen (3x Great Grandfather)
[/B]Co. A, 30th Missouri Volunteer Infantry
[B]Pvt. Madison Burke (3x Great Grandfather)
[/B]Battery B, 1st Ohio Volunteer Heavy Artillery
[B]Pvt. Eli Bell (4x Great Grandfather)
[/B]Co. C, 31st Alabama Infantry[/i][/SIZE]Comment
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Re: Who is your WBTS Hero or Heroine?
Absalom Grimes - Confederate Mail Carrier
Gen. John S. Bowen
The young drummer from Missouri who, seeing his comrades being slaughtered at Franklin, tried to ram a rail down a cannon barrel. It was said he exploded like a ripe tomato."Bowen's division sustained its reputation by making one of its grand old charges, in which it bored a hole through the Federal army, and finding itself unsupported turned around and bored its way back again" - Gen. Pemberton's chief engineering officer
Sam Looney
1st Missouri Battalion
Trans-Mississippi Brigade
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Gen. John A. Logan from Murphysboro Illinois(close to where I am from). A very interesting fellow who was actually a successful political general.Seth Graves
Courage - a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to endure it.
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First, My GG Grandfather Pvt Joshua Carl Oliver, 86th OVI, 1st OHA, and 2nd MN Cavalry. Although listed as a deserter from the 1s OHA, we think because he was illiterate, he didnt quite catch the meaning of 'furlough"
Second, I would agree with others, all the men who served, and those who gave their lives...only to earn a grave marked "UNKOWN"Robert W. Hughes
Co A, 2nd Georgia Sharpshooters/64th Illinois Inf.
Thrasher Mess
Operation Iraqi Freedom II 2004-2005
ENG Brigade, 1st Cavalry Div. "1st Team!"
Iraq & Afghanistan Veterans of America
Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?"
And I said "Here I am. Send me!" Isaiah 6:8Comment
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Mr. Brown-minor correction-The Cairo was sunk in the Yazoo River. the red is on the other side of the Mississippi:-)Leland Hares, 10th Tennessee (U.S.)Comment
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Re: Who is your WBTS Hero or Heroine?
The lads of the Irish Brigade and the 9rh and 13th New Jersey Infantries.Bud Scully 13th NJ Co.K Mess and 69th NY (N-SSA)Comment
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Re: Who is your WBTS Hero or Heroine?
I usually say either August Willich, the highest ranking communist in the history of the United States Army, or Montgomery Meigs, the one indispensable general in federal service.
But today I feel like mentioning another duo: John Rynders of Company B, Greene's Battalion, Rucker's Brigade, Meigs' Division, 22nd Corps, wounded in action in the vicinity of Fort Stevens on July 12, 1864.
He didn't volunteer, he was a civilian employee of the Quartermaster Department who found out the hard way what "other duties as assigned" can mean.
The other guy would be another "unknown" -- a former employee of the same office fell in with Co. B en route to the front and was shot through the body and killed.
On July 13, a Wednesday, everyone else in the battalion (in the words of their commander) "returned to their usual duties in the department."Michael A. SchaffnerComment
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