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[Locke1740]

Couple days ago I found out I am related to two Major Generals

And I have also been looking at the Library of congress newspaper archive called "Chronicling America" and found some stuff about my civil war ancestors during his years as Secretary of State of SC. Here sre some links
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/ - to home page

http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lc...ullscreen=true - Something in my 2nd cousin

[Wildcat]

I saw someone else say they were descendent of Scottish Covenanters I know my family were Covenanters throughout the English Civil war.

Also a bit of kinda boring History of my Mothers Mothers family prior to her dad and mum being in the Navy their wasn't much war history however her fathers side were the typical Yorkshire Mill-Worker, They worked from their cottage near Hebden Bridge and were pretty wealthy I think because my Great Great Aunt (not sure if that is right it is my Great Grandfathers siter) was kicked out of the family for getting Married to someone of Lower Class, They hated her so much she had to be burried in a different church and they NEVER spoke, And my Great Grandfathers Brother was a bit of a dick because when my Great Grandfather (who I will call Jack from now that was his nickname) was in the War (WW2) he sent money home to his family but his brother kept stealing it and spent it on booze...

More: My Mother Fathers Mother was from County Mayo just like his Dad however her family had been living between Keithly (Yorkshire) and Mayo because back in the 1840s my great something grandfather moved to Keithly because of the Famine, And ever since they have been living inbetween the two places.

Also my Grandfather (mothers father) was an Architect and Designed alot around Halifax and Leeds (Yorkshire), His cousins back in the 80s bought a large mansion for fairly cheep, My Grandad designed the insides of it and now his cousins still own it and it is a huge Nursing Home and now they are pretty much Millionaires and I think they got the mansion for about £500k called Herncliffe.

[dmurray6]

The ancestors that I know about back to the American Civil War are in my signatures. But I am not 100% certain that is an all-inclusive list, as my genealogy efforts still continue. I had a grandfather that served in the 1st Marine Division, George Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, in the South Pacific. His primary mos was machine gun crewman while secondary mos was mortar crewman. He was enlisted between 1942 and 1946, but arrived in the Pacific in time to take part in the landings on Peleliu and Okinawa. Since then there have been plenty other military members of the family.

[Locke1740]

just got some new stuff from my 2nd cousin
distant
John Taylor-came to Elizabeth City, VA in 1620 on the ship "Swan" from London (age 34)
Rebecca Taylor-came to Elizabeth City, VA in 1623 on the ship "Margaret and John" from London (age 22)
John Taylor-came to Virginia in 1635 on the ship "Safety" from London (age 18)

close, and some of the first settlers in sc
Stephen Taylor-came to Charleston, SC from somewhere in England in 1671
then a couple others came over in the late 1600s and early 1700s to Charleston, SC

[Davdavolio]

My family has not a military tradition as many in this forum. My Swiss grand-father served as a border guard during ww2, and something like an Italian grand-uncle was a partisan in the Italian mountains during ww2. My brother has served as a radio-man in the swiss militia, and an Italian uncle was paratrooper in the Folgore

[Wildcat]

I found out a new thing about one of my Ancestors.

I already talked about this one but ima do it again incase people didn't see: My Great Great Grandfather was in the 1st Battalion Gordon Highlanders during the 2nd Boer war, His name was Robert, He lost his leg during the war and was listed seriously ill, He came back and joined the Merchant navy where he worked throughout the 1st World War, But his Brother William joined the 2nd Battalion Gordon Highlanders in the 1st World War and died at the 1st Battle of Ypres on the 31st of October 1914, He is buried in France.

Also my Father was in the Royal Marines but after a year he transferred to the Royal Navy to become a Medic Troop where he went on Operations with the Royal Marines, His last operation was 2011 on the Flagship HMS Albion in Libya.

[Diversey]

My grand-grand father fought in WW1 and WW2 for the great country of... Poland. That's all I know.

[JohnMeow]

I know that i have two great uncles who fought in WW2 at the Battle of the Bulge, however there is one member of my family who claims he has roots to the revolution and i also know for a fact my family was here during the Civil War but i'm not sure if anyone in my family fought.

[Oleander]

I have 9 that I know of during the war, all are on my father's mother's side of the family in NC. My grandfather's are in GA and the records are not quite as good, I'm fairly certain I had at least one through him. My mother's family is a bit of a toss up, her family is from up around WV before they moved to FL, plus my grandfather was adopted so I have no idea where to look so that side of the family is up in the air.

The interesting thing about those on my father's side is they were all very closely related. The initial volunteer, Nelson Scott, joined the Charlotte Artillery, Co. C 10th NCST, 1st NC Art'y, in May of 1861, served through the war and was listed as AWOL in Feb 1865, though he shows up again on the muster roll in March. They spent a fair amount of time in the state as a home guard, and he received several furloughs, but given the timing he likely got cut off as Sherman was coming into the state. My grandmother has told me several times, that her great grandmother had her hands slammed in a door jamb by Union soldiers several times as they attempted to find any hidden Confederates. Given the stories of looting during the sacking of Atlanta and Raleigh, I'd say this is most likely true. One of the interesting notes I've found is how during day 3 at Gettysburg, the battery was down to 12 rounds before they were ordered to cease fire.

He enlisted with his new brother-in-law, John Stutz, into the same company, which I believe was in an effort to keep an eye on him while he was away from his new bride. John was wounded at Curl's Neck, part of the battle of Fraiser's Farm. He was shown to be captured on 5 July 1863 at Greencastle, which would be the fighting at Monterey Pass when Kilpatrick was raiding the wagon train of Lee's army on the retreat from Gettysburg back to Sharpsburg. He was then sent to Point Lookout, the muster sheets show Ft. Delaware but he was actually sent to Maryland, and stayed there until October 1864 when he signed the Oath of Allegiance and enrolled in the 4th US Volunteers Company A, I can imagine after a year there he was ready to leave.

Nelson's brother James enlisted in Co. E 44th NC in March 1862, his other brother Stephen enlisted in the same company. Stephen was wounded, I don't recall exactly where, I believe it was at the Battle of the Wilderness. James was captured at Hatcher's Run on 1 April 1865 and sent to Point Lookout, was released on 20 June 1865. There's a movie about this battle the Greg Starbuck made that I really need to watch.

Isaac Brady, a cousin to the Scott brothers, enlisted in Co. E of the 44th as well in April 1862. He was wounded by an explosion, most likely a shell at King's School House, or the Battle of Oak Hill as it's called now. The explosion cost him most of his eyesight.

William Scott, the oldest of the brothers, enlisted in Co. B 52nd NC in March 1862. The 52nd was part of Pettigrew's Brigade during the battle, they were engaged with the 26th NC on July 1st. William survived the first day, but received a wound to his right arm during the assault on the third day, they were one of the few that made it to the stone wall. He was captured the same day and sent to Fort Delaware.

I don't have the notes on the others with me, but they were all cousins.

[Eduard_Dietl]

My Great Uncle was a medic in the 9th Army during the Second World War, I have about 20 or so photos from his service over there.
If anyone is interested in seeing them, I might make a thread or something to show them all.
andy's id.jpg
andy's id 2.jpg
That's his Identification Card, I did a pretty terrible job at scanning them so I'll probably redo them completely.