Have you ever found your [American] Civil War ancestor? If so, do you have a picture?
Have you ever found your [American] Civil War ancestor? If so, do you have a picture?
yep here you go link will be better
https://www.google.com/search?q=mccl...WTCsQQ_AUICCgD
Private Francis Asbury Taylor, Inglis Light Artillery, 2nd South Carolina Artillery. Served in the only light artillery battery of the 2nd SC Artillery. Was from Darlington, South Carolina and was named after one of the first Methodist preachers in North America, Francis Asbury. Fought all over SC Coastline and at Averasboro and Bentonville.
"If we were wrong in our contest, then the Declaration of Independence of 1776 was a grave mistake and the revolution to which it led was a crime. If Washington was a patriot; Lee cannot have been a rebel."
"I want you to try to teach to your children and to your children's children that ours was not a lost cause. I want you to tell them that we were fighting for the right ..."
Wade Hampton III
"If we were wrong in our contest, then the Declaration of Independence of 1776 was a grave mistake and the revolution to which it led was a crime. If Washington was a patriot; Lee cannot have been a rebel."
"I want you to try to teach to your children and to your children's children that ours was not a lost cause. I want you to tell them that we were fighting for the right ..."
Wade Hampton III
Okay, I have a quite large civil war history in my family.
CSA:
J.C. Hamilton, 2nd Florida Infantry (Brother of private I.A Hamilton, ironically given the subject matter of this game, killed at Sharpsburg, 20 September '62)
Private I.A. Hamilton, 2nd Florida Cavalry (Direct relative, a multiple times great grandfather)
I know I had a relative with the surname 'Storey' also in the CSA, who's granddaughter would marry the grandson of I.A Hamilton. As well, I had relatives who fought for the CSA in Georgia, North Carolina, and Kentucky regiments, though I do not know their names or units at this time (and will try to update this later).
On the Union side, the only relative I know of was Major General Francis Preston Blair Jr., who would be a cousin.
"...move swiftly, strike vigorously, and secure all the fruits of victory is the secret of successful war." -Lieutenant General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
I don't have a picture, but the one Civil War ancestor I have is-
Pvt. Andrew Jackson Smith
77th NY Infantry
Transferred to 1st NY Independent Battery
Enlisted Feb 1862
Died of disease Feb 1865
My wife's ancestor is my avatar.
Pvt. Daniel Oberheim
92nd Illinois Infantry
Enlisted 1862
Discharged 1865
One of many civil war ancestors:
Jesse S Crosby, 5thSgt. 20th Georgia Infantry Regiment.
Fought in almost every major battle in the Army of Northern Virginia and fought in the western theater with Longstreet. Was wounded at Gettysburg and lost his leg at The Wilderness.
These are just some of the battles he fought in:
Seven Days Battles
Malvern Hill
2nd Manassas
Sharpsburg
Gettysburg
Chickamauga
Battle of the Wilderness
Jesse S. Crosby, 20th Georgia Infantry, July 15, 1861 - May 6, 1864
Samuel T. McKenzie, 20th Georgia Infantry, July 15, 1861 - September 2, 1862
Joseph C. McKenzie, 20th Georgia Infantry, July 15, 1861 - October 1, 1863
Henry C. McKenzie, 3rd Georgia Infantry, June 1, 1861 - January 28, 1863
Charles R. Beddingfield, 38th Alabama Infantry
Samuel L. Cowart, Cobb's Legion