Your ancestors

[Dipington]

i remember on my dad's side i had i guy that had the same name as me that enlisted in the 9th new york volunteer cavalry regiment in 1864. On my mother's side is more interesting; Brigadier General and later Major General Alfred H. Terry. He made 2 regiment from his home state: 2nd Connecticut volunteer infantry, and the more elite 7th Connecticut volunteer infantry, later promoted to Brig Gen and got his taste of fame at Fort Fisher. After Butler screwed up trying to seize the fort Terry asked permission by Grant to let him take command of the next assault on the fort, and Grant letted him. Terry worked a admiral of the fleet outside the fort to help him and his division on taking the fort. The day later he was promoted to Major General after his skills there. It continues with him following grant till Appomattox court house and after the surrender he placed in charge of the military division in missouri. and went on to fight the natives and go after blackfoot and this is where custer would ignore Terry's orders and go to little big horn and get overwhelmed. afterwards he retired and went back to connecticut and stayed there till he died.

[GothixGrafx]

I have another interesting story, one full of irony. My mother's side is thought to be descended from General Joseph Martin

Any relation to:

John M Martin b: abt 1792 in South Carolina
John M Martin b: abt 1822 in South Carolina

[MilitantMonkey]

Hey guys!

I just wanted to make a quick post regarding your Union or Confederate ancestors. There is a database that I found a while ago filled with almost 40,000 Civil War veterans! It is still very active with multiple people adding their ancestor(s) every day. I encourage y'all to go on here and check it out, see if your ancestor(s) are on here. If not, simply add them! This is also a great way to get in contact with other relatives.

The website is: http://www.militaryhistoryonline.com...y/default.aspx

[Mi'kmaq]

Hey guys!

I just wanted to make a quick post regarding your Union or Confederate ancestors. There is a database that I found a while ago filled with almost 40,000 Civil War veterans! It is still very active with multiple people adding their ancestor(s) every day. I encourage y'all to go on here and check it out, see if your ancestor(s) are on here. If not, simply add them! This is also a great way to get in contact with other relatives.

The website is: http://www.militaryhistoryonline.com...y/default.aspx

Interesting! Pretty cool website

[William Bowen]

My ancestors at the time of the civil war were Scots in Tennessee , Scots in Scotland,and people over in eastern Europe, particularly Belarus. Of the people who fought in the civil war they all fought for the south. One was a confederate artillery officer and one was blown apart by a Yankee cannonball. The guy who was blown apart had a sister who was a nurse.

[Mi'kmaq]

I finally found a document that actually gave me good information regarding my 4th great grandfather's regiment. He served in the Tennessee Reserves. He was captured the day after the Union stormed Bristol, Tennessee. He was sent to Louisville and then transferred to Camp Chase in Ohio. A lot of his kin perished in various other prison camps.

[BloodBeag]

My great-granddad got the military medal in the second world war. He wasn't a career soldier and he wasn't fighting in a pointless war for the sake of a group of people wanting to keep their slaves. Also, I haven't made up my family history saying i'm 20th in line to the throne of Great Britain or that my ancestor was " a breton crossbowman at the battle of hastings" what a load of rubbish, seriously people. Enough with the circle-jerking.

[Legion]

There's no reason not to believe these peoples history. IIt's very interesting. Besides we are all related in some way

[Mi'kmaq]

My great-granddad got the military medal in the second world war. He wasn't a career soldier and he wasn't fighting in a pointless war for the sake of a group of people wanting to keep their slaves. Also, I haven't made up my family history saying i'm 20th in line to the throne of Great Britain or that my ancestor was " a breton crossbowman at the battle of hastings" what a load of rubbish, seriously people. Enough with the circle-jerking.

Considering most Southerners descend from British aristocracy and our whole culture was formed around those attitudes, my ancestry isn't exactly uncommon. Of course, I doubt any Southerner comes from a purely aristocratic background. There were indentured servants, silver miners, poor farmers, etc. After the Civil War, most Southern aristocracy was knocked down to being poor working class farmers, miners, etc.

[Mi'kmaq]

There's no reason not to believe these peoples history. IIt's very interesting. Besides we are all related in some way

Pretty much. A lot of Europeans descend from the peasant populations that did not leave Europe for the New World and not all Southerners descend soley from aristocracy. A portion of my father's line were slaves, thats not exactly glamorous . Everyone with colonial American blood is more than likely related.