Posts from The Tennesseean in thread „Civil War places to visit“

OK - I'll do a little digging on this ang get back with you.

If you'll let me know, I'd appreciate it. That name is familiar in my family database.

I wish you the best in your recovery, my friend! It would not be a stretch for the records to reflect that she did indeed come from the western part of the state to TX during that time frame, as this was a time of migration for a lot of those folks - to TX, AR, the OK territory, and points further west.

There is, of course, no hurry on any of this! Read your peepers, and for goodness' sake, don't pull a Jack Ford and mess it all up!!

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!

Stumpy - what part of TN was your GGM from?

Well...when the surviving brother came back from the war, it was a bit of an interesting conversation piece, I would imagine, but it was chronicled in the unit's history as well.

Are you speaking of the battlefield at Resaca, Ga? That's just a bit south of Chattanooga, and the site of a mid-side battle in May of 1864.

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.