My GGGF James Morris, Co B, 15th Ga Inf, ANV CSA surrendered At Appomattox
You are trying to post the web page as an image. In Firefox, right click the image, "Copy image location" and just post that, not the whole page.Whiskey Before Breakfast said:
My GGGF James Morris, Co B, 15th Ga Inf, ANV CSA surrendered At Appomattox
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Very cool! Don't see to many people that had relatives actually in Hood Texas Brigade. There were only about 5,000 of them total over the duration of the war. Only 600 or so surrendered at Appomattox.JABQ04 said:
If any of you are so inclined, I believe it is fold3, a genealogy website, that has free access to civil war records for two weeks this month.
I looked at documents for multiple relatives, two of whom served in Co K. 5th Texas. One was KIA at Chicamauga and the other WIA at Spotyvania before apparently going AWOL (according to his is pay book on the site) from a Richmond Hospital in summer 1864. He lived for sure because he made it back to Polk County, TX.
Another I'm reasonably sure was with the Co K, 1st Texas for the entire war, which is amazing to have survived all he did and surrender at Appomattox.
JABQ04 said:
If any of you are so inclined, I believe it is fold3, a genealogy website, that has free access to civil war records for two weeks this month.
I looked at documents for multiple relatives, two of whom served in Co K. 5th Texas. One was KIA at Chicamauga and the other WIA at Spotyvania before apparently going AWOL (according to his is pay book on the site) from a Richmond Hospital in summer 1864. He lived for sure because he made it back to Polk County, TX.
Another I'm reasonably sure was with the Co K, 1st Texas for the entire war, which is amazing to have survived all he did and surrender at Appomattox.
Picked up a copy of the Bloody Fifth at Fredericksburg this past winter. It had just came out. Only the 1st Volume. Waiting for more.JABQ04 said:
Sitting in the book shelf right now. Also have "Hoods Texas Brigade" by Polley and "The Bloody Fifth" (a history of the 5th Texas) on my kindle.
We're going to D.C. this summer and first stop is at Gettysburg. I also get a few hours to hit Antietam as we swing back down to Virginia so I'm pretty excited about that.
BQ78 said:
While swinging back through Viriginia you will want to go to the Wilderness and the Widow Tapp Field where the 5th had their greatest moment of the war.
Petersburg Campaign was brutal as was what is called the Appomattox Campaign. I worked summers as living historian at PNB while I was in school. Terrific area in regards to ACW battlefields. Most of the big forts are still there as well as miles of trench lines. I highly recommend Pamplin Park. It has the National Museum of the Civil War Soldier and lost of interactive living history. It located just off the Boyden Plank Road on the Breakthrough battlefield (April 2, 1865 )in front of Forts Gregg and Whitworth. pamplinpark,org.option short side said:
Very neat Whiskey. I find the entire Petersburg campaign and subsequent retreat to Appomattox fascinating. Lee was such an aggressive commander so I can only imagine his frustration being pinned down. I plan on taking a vacation this fall to the Shenandoah Valley.
I was disappointed to find that these documents are modern computer templates filled in with information from originals.JABQ04 said:
The Civil War is one of my favorite things to study. With the impending trip this summer Iv been trying to tie in family history to it. My first cousin is a huge genealogy buff, and has traced parts of the family back to the mid 1600s from England and Germany. Here are two 100% positive family members who served in Hoods Texas Brigade, Co K 5th Texas Infantry.
The first is a man named John Porter Smith. He passed in 1919 and is my Great Great Grandmothers Brother. (Family has a history of living long and producing children for a loooonnngggg time) His final wound, which is shown being treated in June 1864 and again Oct 1864 was taken at Spotslyvania. he does not appear on the rolls of the surrender of the ANV, so either he bolted when he had the chance or was invalided out. He was married in Texas in june of 1865.
Enlistment and first page of his pay book
Wounded at Gaines Mill
Present for Duty for Gettysburg
Wounded Gaines Mill again (casualty Report notification)
John C Beard (great great grandmas husband's uncle)
Enlsitment
Present for Duty at Gettysburg
Appointed company 1SG
KIA Chicamauga
Sorry if this is too long. I highly recommend the fold 3 sight for civil war research, The free trial for civil war records expires on the 15th of this month.
I don't buy it.BQ78 said:
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Noah Truedeau has an interesting theory that Lee purposely got his army out of communication with Davis, delayed a day and took the longer route to Appomattox so Grant could catch him and he be able to surrender and not be accused of disobeying Davis' orders. It is an interesting theory and he is quite convincing presenting it but of course Lee never would have admitted to it.
Rabid Cougar said:Petersburg Campaign was brutal as was what is called the Appomattox Campaign. I worked summers as living historian at PNB while I was in school. Terrific area in regards to ACW battlefields. Most of the big forts are still there as well as miles of trench lines. I highly recommend Pamplin Park. It has the National Museum of the Civil War Soldier and lost of interactive living history. It located just off the Boyden Plank Road on the Breakthrough battlefield (April 2, 1865 )in front of Forts Gregg and Whitworth. pamplinpark,org.option short side said:
Very neat Whiskey. I find the entire Petersburg campaign and subsequent retreat to Appomattox fascinating. Lee was such an aggressive commander so I can only imagine his frustration being pinned down. I plan on taking a vacation this fall to the Shenandoah Valley.
There are many good books to read up on the Siege.
the Appomattox campaign is a hidden gem. Nearly all the roads and railroads that the armies used are still there. Many witness buildings. Sailors Creek battlefield is a must see. I had the honor of working with THE historian of that campaign. Chris Calkins. He was the historian at PNB when I worked their but he is the expert in the Retreat. he is now the Superintendent of the Sailors Creek Battlefield State Park. He took me on many a trips through the back roads of south central Virginia as we retraced all the movements of both armies.
The Shenandoah battlefields are pretty neat too. Winchester had five battles alone.
They are originals but not the actual Confederate unit muster roles. The information is from the actual muster roles /daily reports though. The actual document appears to be something filled in with information from other sources at some point after the war. I looked up my surname and found both my Federal and Confederate relatives information but the forms that contain the information are identical. One says "Federal" and the other says "Confederate".JABQ04 said:
You'll have to forgive my ignorance on these. So these documents are just modern day templates that they went and filled out with the info provided? If that's the case then it matches exactly what my cousins genealogical research has found and been passed on. I just got caught up in the moment of finding these and didn't think to verify the originality of the documents. I had hell trying to post them, couldn't figure out how to save them and upload so just took screen shots of my computer and posted those. what should I look for to make sure they are original?