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150 Years
Today marks the 150th anniversary of the end of the most devastating war America has ever fought. On April 9, 1865, General Robert E. Lee signed the instrument of surrender at Appomattox Courthouse and General Ulysses S. Grant accepted the … Continue reading
Posted in History, Life in General, Personal
Tagged 150th anniversary, Appomattox Courthouse, April 12 1865, April 9 1865, combat deaths, Company G 15th Alabama Infantry, General Robert E. Lee, General Ulysses S. Grant, Gettysburg, John Alexander Woodham, Mr. Lincoln's War, non-combat deaths, Southerners, states' rights, the Civil War, The Civil War to Preserve the Union, the North, the prison at Elmira New York, The South, the War Between the States, The War of Northern Aggression, Vietnam
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My Maternal Grandfathers
Yesterday, I wrote about my paternal grandfathers. Today, I must tell the stories of my mother’s fathers and their fathers. Their stories are just as interesting and possibly more critical to my being here than those of my Cuban ancestors. … Continue reading
Posted in Life in General, Personal
Tagged Camp Rathbun, Co. G 15 Alabama Infantry, County Road 18, Dothan Al, Elmira NY, England, Florida, Highway 231, Mississippi, My Maternal Grandfathers, my paternal grandfathers, Northern Aggression, prisoner of war, South Alabama, South Carolina, Southerners, The South, The War, The Wilderness, the Wiregrass
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