nameraka Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 not shocking since i'm from the south, but two of my ancestors fought in the civil war, apparently. one was a union soldier, the other a confederate. that... um... balances out right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mini_ghost420 Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 that happened a lot in the civil war from what I understand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nameraka Posted January 4, 2019 Author Share Posted January 4, 2019 5 minutes ago, Mini_Ghost said: that happened a lot in the civil war from what I understand apparently. they're both on my father's side, but they wouldn't have known each other. my great-great grandfather was a union soldier from tennessee, which was split pretty evenly between the two sides. i bet there were some pretty fucking awkward family gatherings in tennessee after the war ended. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naraku4656 Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 no one knows passed my great-grandparents. and barely anyone knows anything about them either Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nameraka Posted January 4, 2019 Author Share Posted January 4, 2019 5 minutes ago, Naraku4656 said: no one knows passed my great-grandparents. and barely anyone knows anything about them either my immediate family doesn't know that much either, but i was actually surprised how much i could find online. there was a lot of information researched by people i don't know, but am apparently distantly related to. the internet is sometimes a cool place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mini_ghost420 Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 10 minutes ago, nameraka said: apparently. they're both on my father's side, but they wouldn't have known each other. my great-great grandfather was a union soldier from tennessee, which was split pretty evenly between the two sides. i bet there were some pretty fucking awkward family gatherings in tennessee after the war ended. yeah I bet there were Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
molarbear Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 1 hour ago, nameraka said: not shocking since i'm from the south, but two of my ancestors fought in the civil war, apparently. one was a union soldier, the other a confederate. that... um... balances out right? My Dad's Family didn't get to the States until the early 1900's so I got lucky on that side Anything I find embarrassing on my Mom's side I just tell people they were married in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nameraka Posted January 4, 2019 Author Share Posted January 4, 2019 6 minutes ago, molarbear said: My Dad's Family didn't get to the States until the early 1900's so I got lucky on that side Anything I find embarrassing on my Mom's side I just tell people they were married in solid strategy. i do have one great grandfather who didn't get here until 1908. maybe i'll just claim him and pretend the rest of it never happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsar4 Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 My GGGrandfather was in the Illinois Volunteer Regiment (I think 91st or something like that). One thing you may find is if you ever come across a picture of the person in their uniform & it looks like someone painted stuff on their uniform, that did happen. Pictures then were too expensive to get repeated pix every time someone got promoted, so they'd have someone paint the chevrons/bars/buttons etc. on the old photo. Such is what happened to my GGGrandfather, after getting a battlefield promotion to Captain. If you can find out what regiment your relative was with, you can look up the movements of that regiment. Following mine, the movements of the regiment seem pretty haphazard. They finally ended up in Macon, GA, guarding prisoners until they were mustered out & sent home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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