Here’s an excerpt from an interesting letter I found in a relative’s Civil War service record today. It appears to be written by a Captain Hogle and is dated February 21st, 1865. It starts by explaining when and where he enlisted and that he had served faithfully for a year and was experiencing good health. But, that changed on the night of August 3rd, 1864… when he was struck by lightning! …since which time, he has been wholly unable for duty. The lightning struck the right side of the head, face and shoulder extending down the arm, side, thigh, leg...
I didn’t enjoy history class when I was growing up and have only grown to appreciate it in the past decade or so. Now, I love watching war movies and visiting war sites. But, I was really confused as I read over a 1911 Civil War Questionnaire today. This one is for a brother of my great, great grandfather, James B Dickson (1840-1902). James didn’t live long enough to participate in some questionnaires that went out for the 50th anniversary of the start of the war, but two of his brothers did. Photo of Pointe du Hoc from our visit...
Carrie, over at “Under the Nut Tree Genealogy” participated in an older Saturday Night Genealogy Fun challenge today. This post, from January 18th of this year, is titled “How Many Children/Grandchildren in Your Matrilineal Line?” I thought I’d participate as I didn’t have a blog in January. Here’s the challenge: Consider your Matrilineal Line (mother’s mothers mother’s, etc.) families – the ones from your mother back through her mother all the way back to the first of that matrilineal line in your family group sheets or genealogy database. List the names of these mothers, and their lifespan years. Use your paper...
I mentioned on my “inmates” post that I had an ancestors who was an inmate in an “old soldier’s home” but I couldn’t remember which ancestors. So, to find out more about these types of homes, I randomly looked at the Arkansas “Confederate Home Records” site. They have a search engine where you can look for ancestors who might have lived here. And, if you find a match, you can fill out a form and send off for their records! Pretty neat, right? Except I don’t have confederate soldiers from Arkansas. However, I was playing around and typed in three...
