Lorien
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Wed Apr-07-10 11:27 PM
Response to Reply #26 |
| -About your Confederate ancestors ... |
struggle4progress |
Apr-07-10 01:14 PM |
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It's a time I remember oh so well |
MrCoffee |
Apr-07-10 01:22 PM |
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Great song. |
proteus_lives |
Apr-07-10 06:11 PM |
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My people were still on the auld sod |
XemaSab |
Apr-07-10 01:25 PM |
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I had German ancestors in Eastern Tennessee at the time |
dalaigh lllama |
Apr-07-10 01:39 PM |
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My paternal side was from the north, though there was one who |
madinmaryland |
Apr-07-10 01:51 PM |
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My family were all still over in England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales. nt |
Captain Hilts |
Apr-07-10 01:57 PM |
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On my dad's side, we were still in Ireland. On my mom's, we were in Maryland and... |
SteppingRazor |
Apr-07-10 01:58 PM |
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My great? forget how many greats...but my great-grandfather fought for the south |
Roon |
Apr-07-10 02:06 PM |
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My great grandfather on my father's side fought in a Minnesota regiment for the Union. |
Demoiselle |
Apr-07-10 04:24 PM |
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General Joseph E Johnston is a distant relative, though not ancestor |
liberaltrucker |
Apr-07-10 04:54 PM |
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all my ancestors were still in Europe then... |
tigereye |
Apr-07-10 04:58 PM |
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Same with me |
NewJeffCT |
Apr-08-10 08:05 AM |
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the only disgusting thing I've heard in my family regarding this |
unpossibles |
Apr-07-10 05:15 PM |
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My grandfather (born 1899) told me a few family stories of Civil War vets |
Bucky |
Apr-07-10 05:46 PM |
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I had ancestors on both sides. |
proteus_lives |
Apr-07-10 06:12 PM |
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My ancestors ran guns, sold bootleg booze, pickled meats, and "lost" horses to both sides. |
haele |
Apr-07-10 06:17 PM |
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We wuz solid confeds. Alabama. Great grandfather Charlie Worrell... |
trof |
Apr-07-10 06:21 PM |
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I have real racists on one side from Iowa - including great grandfather who was a klansman |
Kali |
Apr-07-10 06:21 PM |
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My ancestors were still digging potatoes out of the soil of Hibernia, but... |
baldguy |
Apr-07-10 06:43 PM |
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My ancestors were Yankees. |
The Velveteen Ocelot |
Apr-07-10 06:46 PM |
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I had an ancestor fight for the United States. |
laconicsax |
Apr-07-10 06:47 PM |
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you mean the war o northern aggression? |
stray cat |
Apr-07-10 06:48 PM |
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The South fired the first shot at Ft Sumter. |
martymar64 |
Apr-07-10 08:12 PM |
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I think he means the war of Southern Treason. |
Radical Activist |
Apr-07-10 11:47 PM |
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No, he means the War of Western Apathy |
Rabrrrrrr |
Apr-08-10 05:17 AM |
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I like that one |
NewJeffCT |
Apr-08-10 08:06 AM |
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My ancestors were Slovaks--- they were busy fighting the Hungarians. |
femmocrat |
Apr-07-10 09:12 PM |
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my ancestors were in Illinois and Minnesota |
nickinSTL |
Apr-07-10 09:16 PM |
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Great-grandfather was in the First Maine Cavalry |
kwassa |
Apr-07-10 09:29 PM |
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My great great grandfather fought for the Union. |
NNadir |
Apr-07-10 11:09 PM |
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Mine as well. nt |
Lorien |
Apr-07-10 11:27 PM |
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They all fought with Grant and Sherman. |
Radical Activist |
Apr-07-10 11:44 PM |
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Same as you, I had ancestors on both sides |
csziggy |
Apr-08-10 12:13 AM |
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I also had family on both sides, and funnily enough had family on both sides |
old mark |
Apr-08-10 04:07 AM |
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I can't really choose any of those ... |
RoyGBiv |
Apr-08-10 04:59 AM |
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Let me remind you, and some others apparently, many of them were DRAFTED. |
raccoon |
Apr-08-10 07:56 AM |
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Many Unionists in the Confederate States Fought Confederate Conscription. |
NNadir |
Apr-08-10 09:26 AM |
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There was much excited volunteerism in the early days, after which many people reacted |
struggle4progress |
Apr-08-10 11:35 AM |
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According to a survey, I'd say 80% of people with my last name live in the South |
cherish44 |
Apr-08-10 08:33 AM |
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My ancestors did their very best to avoid wars. |
hunter |
Apr-08-10 11:59 AM |
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