My grandmother’s great-uncles, the Hoppers, pioneer settlers of Shelby County MO, were all in the Union Missouri Volunteers. Grandpa’s people, the Wrights, came out from Illinois after the War. Nobody had much out there, other than land. We’re related to the Pershings, Gen. Black Jack’s folks, but they didn’t have anything, either; and Admiral Grace Hopper.
Our branch of the family were stay-at-homes by comparison. They came through Virginia and East Tennessee, got as far west as Alabama and never any further - some even backtracked to Georgia.
Off to bed . . . it’s a school night, and I have to separate the dogs who are quarreling over a couple of toys.