I've done a considereable amount of reading about the history of America's wars, including the Civil War, and if I remember correctly, there were more Americans killed in that war than in all the others combined, including World Wars I and II. A tragic shame, really.
I guess the old memory is still working okay as the "Introduction" of this report confirms there were more American battle deaths (on both sides) in the U.S. Civil War than in all the others.
I've done a considereable amount of reading about the history of America's wars, including the Civil War, and if I remember correctly, there were more Americans killed in that war than in all the others combined, including World Wars I and II. A tragic shame, really.
The only Civil War site I ever visited was Vicksburg.
That name is familiar in my family database.
The names of Elizabeth's parents were Roderick and Flora and they were both born in eastern Tennessee or one of the Carolinas, I forget which.
And their parents came from Scotland, naturally.
Oh, another name in that household was either Susan or Nancy (I forget which but it was one or the other) and she was Elizabeth's sister.
I'll keep looking for that census sheet.
I just looked at a map of Tennessee counties and I'm almost positive she was born in Decatur County. Of course, until I can find the census page I'm looking for, I can't verify that.
OK - I was just wondering, as I do genealogy research as well, and with my roots being firmly in East TN (Oak Ridge, Knoxville area), I'm naturally interested!
Off the top of my head, I seem to recall her birthplace was in the western third of the state. I had cataract surgery this morning so can't see all that well right now or I imagine I could pick the county just by looking at a map of Tennessee. Her maiden name was Elizabeth Jane McLeod.
Stumpy - what part of TN was your GGM from?
I'll have to see if I can locate that census page in my research papers.
My GGGrandfather was part of the Union Army (from East TN), and was killed when a piece of shell fragment hit him in the head (his brother was marching right behind him, but had to keep moving), and they had to bury there with the other casualties.
My Great-Great Grandfather was in the 19th Texas Cavalry, a piece of family history of which I'm immensely proud (being the rebel I am 
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He survived the war itself but died not too long afterwards (sometime between 1870 and 1880 as my Great-Grandfather was born in 1870 and the GGGF doesn't show up in the 1880 census, although the rest of the family does)
About 12 years ago, I spent 3 or 4 years traveling all over north Texas and Oklahoma researching my family tree. He was born in Georgia about 1832 but married my GGGM (a Tennessee girl) in the 1850s and they emigrated to Texas in the 1850s, settling in Navarro County near the site of present-day Corsicana. I located her gravesite in the Oklahoma Panhandle (she was born in 1835 and died in 1916) but I've never been able to find his. I've also never been able to connect him to a particular family in Georgia.
