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Gary, what was his name? I have a relative who was an officer in the 34th NC as well. Survived Gettysburg.

You fellows’ 34th NC ancestors were fighting my two ancestors in the 150th PA the first day at Gettysburg.

On both sides. Also, a direct ancestor, four or five “Greats” back fought in the War of 1812 and later Indian wars, and his father fought in the Revolution.

Needed to come across this thread sooner, but even though it's a bit late: And away we go!

2 gg grandads 19th va inf both survived Pickett’s charge another was in 56th va at Petersburg another was Lynchburg home guard

6 generations could be less than 150 years.

On my father's side I am only the 4th generation from a civil war veteran . His paternal grandfather was born in 1843. His father was born in 1871 and my father was born in 1907.He was not a young man when I was born in 1952.

My paternal great grandfather from Mississippi was captured at Vicksburg, paroled and then rode with Quantrill but wasn't along for the raid on Lawrence Kansas which was shortly after the Vicksburg surrender.

Yes they were. Had another relative there at Gettysburg who was staff engineer for Gen, Lafayette McLaws. Not hard to figger out what McLaws had him doing.

3x Grandfather's:
Thomas Milton “James” Robertson
He served in the Civil War units: Seven Stars Artillery and 24 Battalion Mississippi Cavalry.


Leonard Smith
Pvt./4th Corp., Co. B ("Copiah Guards," raised in Copiah County, MS), 1st (King's) MS Infantry (Minute Men) (State Troops).

My Great Great Grandfather Henderson Branham was a 2nd Lt. in the 68th Regiment of the Kentucky Infantry.

Ron

My great, great grandfather on my paternal side, Norris Saxton, age 34 , was conscript into the union army , 3 army of Wisconsin 158th regiment , c co. In nov. 1861. His regiment trained up at Milwaukee and around March of 62 boarded a train bond for the Mississippi River where they took a steamship down river to the Tennessee river and the up the Tennessee to pikes landing in the state of Tennessee just north of the little church called Shiloh. They bivouac there on the eve of April 4th, 1862. Early morning of April 6th , the confederate under the leadership of general Albert Jackson attacted the union forces, under the command of Ulysses s grant, catching the union by complete surprise. My relative private Saxton was killed in camp as he was eating breakfast. The day would have probably been won by the confederacy had not most of soldiers had not stopped to get something to eat and take boots off the expired yanks. Also Gen Johnston was shot in the leg, probably by friendly fire, refused medical treatment to long and bled to death on the battle field, those two factors probably lead to Hrants success on the following day the 7th.
Shiloh, in the second year of the war, was the costliest battle of the war with nearly 24,000 casualties combined. Its generally excepted that Grant won the battle , though with higher casualties.
Norris Saxton left behind a widow and three children, his daughter Louise is my great grandmother, I never new her as she passed away in 1924.

My Grandpa was born in late 1890’s, he told me he remembered two brothers had to be separated several times when he was little, one road horseback from Texas to New Jersey to join the North, and other brother joined the south in Texas, he chuckled about it getting lively at get together’s

Ely had his arm broke while getting a horse out of a barn.

yes, Revolution, Alamo, Civil war.

Mind you we are all Americans.

Next to my Dad's grave near Boise is a tall marker with the name of a several greats uncle who fought. He came home and lived a long time. On the side of his marker is the name of a 16 year old boy in the family who also fought. He's buried somewhere in a mass grave and nobody knows where or even which battle he died in. All records have been long lost. He could have even died of some disease miles from any battle for all we know. They fought on opposite sides but someone 100+ years ago thought the boy needed a remembrance. I agree, no matter which side he fought on (I don't know which of them was on which side). Family rumors are that the boy was north and the uncle south but there's no real evidence to back it up.

Post, You Fought All The Way Johhny Reb?

Give me a name and any other info you have and I might be able to find him on Ancestry

That's what I hear and they post pictures of turban wearers, Haitians, Somalis, and whatever other debris has washed up on our shores.

We have slide pictures of all those White Crosses.