[yarddog]

I had another GGrandfather who was a Methodist Circuit Rider during the war. He spent 1864 and 1865 at Doctortown Mission in SE Georgia.

This was right on the Altamaha River and there was a Confederate camp there to defend the railroad trestle. Interestingly it was the only place I know of where Sherman was repulsed every time he attacked it. The trestle was still standing in the 1930s.

[Celtic Conservative]

I had distant relatives who fought for the north. I’ve been unable to figure out what their units were, other than that they were Michigan infantry units. My direct-line ancestor and one of his sons served in the continental army during the revolution. I see that ancestry in the south is keenly studied and many people I’ve met from the south seem to know their families history well. that is not as true for northerners for some reason.

CC

[ncalburt]

My mothers family fought in the FL militia in Pensacola .
He survived the Battle of New Orleans and injured went home .
My great grandmother told me the east coast of Fl survived the hell of Northern reconstruction because the much of the east coast of Fl was intentionally officially named mosquito county which terrified the Yankees .
In 1960, the federal govt forced her to sell her family farm in a deal she lost in court which is now one of the abandoned Kennedy Space center launching pads.
My first cousin told me (he works on the base ) the farm house foundation is still there . The Old Union federal govt is a monster that keeps destroying.