HankC wrote: Pender, You seem to have difficulty with quoting sources. Yours is: "In the south no opposition was allowed to the goverment which had been set ...   Fri Jul 15th, 2011 12:10 am

sgtredleg wrote: I'd say you have good info on the subject of the Light Division. Per chance do you have a descendent that was in ...   Tue Jul 5th, 2011 10:24 pm

At Mechanicsville, from what I can gather the Light Division faced union genreal McCalls third division of the federal fifth corp. In the front line ...   Tue Jul 5th, 2011 12:27 am

Mark, One thing I found interesting in Baton Rouge. Is the grave site of General Henry W. Allen. If you find visting a grave yard, ...   Sun Jul 3rd, 2011 07:40 pm

A.P. Hills division formed in mid June 1862. Many historians have called this division Lees shock troops. Bringing on the Seven Days Battle. Also saving ...   Sun Jul 3rd, 2011 02:39 pm

Mark, about all of the bits I posted came from the Federal writers project 1936-1938, Slave Narratives. I will give the name of the source ...   Sat Jul 2nd, 2011 12:30 pm

Ex-Slaves Mr.and Mrs. Alex Smith of South Bend Indiana, in the slave narratives said, "The day the mistress and master came and told the slaves they ...   Sat Jul 2nd, 2011 12:48 am

HankC wrote: "After the war, If the union was fighting to free the slaves. Why not free the slaves, take them north. And let the ...   Tue Jun 28th, 2011 11:41 pm

I would like to get back to the thought of my first post on this thread. I think we would all agree the southern men ...   Mon Jun 27th, 2011 12:48 am

BHR62 wrote: Ancestors in the 42nd, and 120th Indiana....21st KY (Union side)....71st Ohio.  Reb side:  33rd and 52nd NC. BHR62, Interesting thing about the 33rd N.C. ...   Sat Jun 25th, 2011 11:04 pm

Thank you Mark,for your response. I know what you mean about work. It has been pretty busy on my end too. I Would agree with ...   Sat Jun 18th, 2011 04:27 pm

Hello, J harold. I am quiet aways from Wilkesboro. I am in western N.C. I have had a few people tell me. You live in ...   Fri Jun 17th, 2011 12:26 pm

Hank, I Would like too say,before I begin. That under no circumstances did I suggest that Grant was sympathetic too the lost cause. What I ...   Fri Jun 17th, 2011 03:45 am

Thank you Mark, For your question. I would say,That I agree with the majority of the lost cause books, letters,and histories. Of the old south. ...   Thu Jun 16th, 2011 11:40 pm

President Davis letter ,The gray book. Page 36.  Personal memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant. Two volume set. 1885. Sorry Hank, Dont see the difference.Key word, ...   Thu Jun 16th, 2011 01:09 am

Hank, I thank you, for the complement of reinforcing Lost Cause history. As I said in an earlier post. I believe the version of history, That ...   Wed Jun 15th, 2011 01:32 am

Doc Ce, Great to hear you had an ancestor in the 55th. Sorry to say mine suffered the same fate, as yours. William T. Williams, ...   Mon Jun 13th, 2011 11:22 pm

Hello my name is Pender. I live in the blue ridge mountians of North Carolina, With my wife and two boys. I have been interested ...   Sun Jun 12th, 2011 09:22 pm

As many know I am new. Just looking over some of the threads. Very interesting threads on here. IF we agree are not, still seems ...   Sun Jun 12th, 2011 07:13 pm

Joe Johnston, I have liked Johnston, I have disliked Johnston. I would have to say, I am influenced very strongly, By one of my favorite ...   Sun Jun 12th, 2011 04:06 pm

Had ancestors in 6th,16th,29th,54th,55th,and58th N.C. ...   Sun Jun 12th, 2011 02:04 pm

While we are in the thread of the Lost cause. I would like to post some,Quotes of the men of the Confederacy. First off  A ...   Sun Jun 12th, 2011 12:57 pm

Mark thank you for your reply.I would like to bring up one issue that you mentioned.That is,you knew of no thinking of southerners wanting to ...   Fri Jun 10th, 2011 11:10 pm

Thank you Mark, for your thoughts on the four questions I asked. But may I point out 1) oral tradition.The generation born during or soon after the ...   Fri Jun 10th, 2011 01:45 am

the lost cause reading these statements and replys have been very interesting.i have givin much thought on the subject.there as been much debate over the ...   Wed Jun 8th, 2011 08:05 pm

i think william d penders renforcements won the first days battle at gettysburg ...   Wed Jun 8th, 2011 06:59 pm

forrest is great   ...   Wed Jun 8th, 2011 06:34 pm