Your ancestors

[Mi'kmaq]

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[TrustyJam]

Nothing noteworthy here as far as I know I'm afraid - so I'll just pull the badass viking card I guess.

- Trusty

[Bravescot]

My Great Cousin was part of the Canadian Black Watch during ww2. He landed at Dieppe and survived unharmed and got away. He later landed on D-day plus 2 where mates of his asked why he didn't go in on D-day. To his day he still gives the same answer "I had enough bullets at Dieppe, it was your turn to share them out this time"

No so much an ancestor as he is a family connection is Lieuteant General Sir Steuart Robert Pringle, 10th Baronet, KCB, DSC, RM was my mother's god father. He was seriously injured in an IRA car bomb but survived. He's name is immortalized in Royal Marine history and there is currently a trophy named the Pringle Trophy in his honour that british CCF cadets compete for every year. I'm actually commanding my local CCF team this year so I hope to do him proud.

[Soulfly]

Unfortunately my knowledge of my family starts with WW2, but i do know that my ancestors used to live in Silesia.

[Rithal]

Well, one of my siblings managed to trace my lineage quite a far way to I believe Eleanor of Aquitaine... > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleanor_of_Aquitaine and then farther back to Richard the Lionheart. Of course those were pretty distant connections. Closer to modern day, I am related to this fella > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Peden who's last name actually shared my grandmother's maiden name so I guess I'm a straight shot from either Alexander Peden or one of his close family members.

On a side note, the same sibling mentioned before apparently discovered that we could murder something like, 320 people and inherit the throne of Britain XD

My first ancestor in America arrived in the early 1600s. I don't recall his name :/ He grew tobacco in town and was murdered during a Native raid within a few years. His three sons then decided to come to America from Britain to inherit what the father had left, and to move the rest of the family eventually to America. Some how or another one of their descendants ended up in Georgia I believe because he failed to pay some sort of tax, or held debt with someone. So he was either sent to Georgia legally because of tax evasion, or he fled to Georgia because of money he owed someone. Not quite sure on that one.

The other side of my family popped up somewhere up north and received land in the same county I currently live in for service in the Revolutionary War.

During the Civil War, most of my family served for the Confederacy. I'm sure some might have hopped on over to the Union, but most were pro-south. I don't know a whole lot about them. I know one was partial native American and had survived the war. He was later shot in the back by carpet baggers for his former service in the war.

I know I have Cherokee a few generations back, and thats about it. I guess thats just your average American ancestry. :)

I had a great grandfather who served in the 1st Infantry Division during World War 2, Korea, and later in Vietnam as a military advisor to some of the mountain natives who fought the Vietcong. He left as a master sergeant I believe, with three bronze stars, two purple hearts, and countless other campaign medals and awards. He passed away in 2004

I have a grandfather who is still with us who served on the USS Gilbert Islands during World War 2 in the Pacific. Prior to that, he was part of the detail that went into the unusable ships after Pearl Harbor and retrieved anything of value (as well as dozens of corpses :/ ). I also know that he was part of the first wave of experimental radarmen during the war.

Another grandfather served for a few years in the marines leading up to Vietnam.

I also have at least three members of my extended family in active duty.

[Historical Player]

I had an Ancestor who was a Colonel in the 36th Virginia Infantry and I had a great grandfather who fought in North Africa during World War II and then he was moved to the Pacific. He was at Anzio, D-Day, and many other well known battles. My grandfather was a Lieutenant in Vietnam but he was stationed in Germany for Negotiations.

[Mi'kmaq]

Well, one of my siblings managed to trace my lineage quite a far way to I believe Eleanor of Aquitaine... > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleanor_of_Aquitaine and then farther back to Richard the Lionheart. Of course those were pretty distant connections. Closer to modern day, I am related to this fella > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Peden who's last name actually shared my grandmother's maiden name so I guess I'm a straight shot from either Alexander Peden or one of his close family members.

On a side note, the same sibling mentioned before apparently discovered that we could murder something like, 320 people and inherit the throne of Britain XD

My first ancestor in America arrived in the early 1600s. I don't recall his name :/ He grew tobacco in town and was murdered during a Native raid within a few years. His three sons then decided to come to America from Britain to inherit what the father had left, and to move the rest of the family eventually to America. Some how or another one of their descendants ended up in Georgia I believe because he failed to pay some sort of tax, or held debt with someone. So he was either sent to Georgia legally because of tax evasion, or he fled to Georgia because of money he owed someone. Not quite sure on that one.

The other side of my family popped up somewhere up north and received land in the same county I currently live in for service in the Revolutionary War.

During the Civil War, most of my family served for the Confederacy. I'm sure some might have hopped on over to the Union, but most were pro-south. I don't know a whole lot about them. I know one was partial native American and had survived the war. He was later shot in the back by carpet baggers for his former service in the war.

I know I have Cherokee a few generations back, and thats about it. I guess thats just your average American ancestry. :)

I had a great grandfather who served in the 1st Infantry Division during World War 2, Korea, and later in Vietnam as a military advisor to some of the mountain natives who fought the Vietcong. He left as a master sergeant I believe, with three bronze stars, two purple hearts, and countless other campaign medals and awards. He passed away in 2004

I have a grandfather who is still with us who served on the USS Gilbert Islands during World War 2 in the Pacific. Prior to that, he was part of the detail that went into the unusable ships after Pearl Harbor and retrieved anything of value (as well as dozens of corpses :/ ). I also know that he was part of the first wave of experimental radarmen during the war.

Another grandfather served for a few years in the marines leading up to Vietnam.

I also have at least three members of my extended family in active duty.

Nearly all the European side of my family is nobility. We still have our coat of arms,some have contact with family over in Europe, etc. We come from a man that fought for William the Conqueror at the Battle of Hastings. He was a Breton crossbowman was apart of a very prominent family in Brittany. I've traced his line all the way back to the Roman Invasion of Britain. Queen Elizabeth II is my 22nd cousin 4x removed.

i'll fite u 4 that dam throne, boy.

King Melungeon for Britain!!!!

[Rithal]

Nearly all the European side of my family is nobility. We still have our coat of arms,some have contact with family over in Europe, etc. We come from a man that fought for William the Conqueror at the Battle of Hastings. He was a Breton crossbowman was apart of a very prominent family in Brittany. I've traced his line all the way back to the Roman Invasion of Britain. Queen Elizabeth II is my 22nd cousin 4x removed.

i'll fite u 4 that dam throne, boy.

King Melungeon for Britain!!!!

Lord Rithal shall return to the motherland one day and claim the throne... after I murder all 300 people. I imagine you are on the list O_o

[Mi'kmaq]

Lord Rithal shall return to the motherland one day and claim the throne... after I murder all 300 people. I imagine you are on the list O_o

I suppose I would be. TO ARMS!!!!

[zimmer1lb]

I've no documentation, but this is what I'd been told over time:

Considering most of us came from across the great pond, I don't believe there is any such thing as a pure blood. Considering all the invasions and counter invasions and all. That's a lot of sexing going on. It's unclear just where we started.....Wales, Scotland or Ireland. I'm pretty sure mom's side had come from Wales.

My mother's side of the family came over sometime before the Revolutionary War and Oliver Wolcott (Major General?) signed the Declaration of Independence. Her parents came out west in covered wagons to the Nebraska Territory. Mom was doing genealogy on the family through the Mormon church before her death. Unfortunately I never saw any of it.

Dad's side appeared before the (un)Civil War. Dad was born in Hatie, MS and served in the Navy in WW 2 and was sunk at least once. The story goes that there were brothers on opposite sides during the battle of Shiloh. The Confederate brother was shot through the side and walked home with a silk kerchief through his wound and died at his front gate.

My brother was a Seabee in Nam. I was classified 4F and sent home. An ignominious end to a brilliant military career. But my best friend called me a PFC (Proud F*ckin Civilian)

zimm out

[Rithal]

Yeah Zimm, my great great grandmother went to Texas from Tennessee in the late 1800s in a covered wagon, and when she finally decided to move back in the mid 1900s, she came back in an airplane! Isn't that a kick! That goes to show you how much we have progressed in such a short amount of time.

My great grandfather was career army and also fought in Vietnam. He originally went there in 64' or 65' I believe and acted as a military advisor and eventually ended up fighting with the Montagnard natives in the Vietnam central highlands. He had a few stories about those guys XD. For Starters, a lot of them used bows, and had incredible tracking abilities. He used to say they could smell Vietcong ambushes 200 yards in front of them. I'm not quite sure about that, but thats the way he always told it! :D

Welcome to the forum by the way.

[Mi'kmaq]

My grandfather also fought in Vietnam. He was an engineer aboard the USS Missouri.

[Simon445]

My great great grandpa from my dads side is from Slovakia (back in the day Austria-Hungary so it was a same country) and my great grandpa from dads side was a bartender in Austrian hotel before WW1. My grandma from dad's side is from Austria and grandpa from dad's side is Slovenian.

My mothers side is Slovenian/Austro-Hungarian (Country I'm from) as far as I know. My great grandpa from mothers side fought for Austria-Hungary during WW1 and fell asleep and missed the battle. Later he found out from about 40 people only 2 survived. Grandma/Grandpa from mothers side are both Slovenian.

Non of them served in WW2 as far as I know (too young/too old)
My dad was in army during Civil War where Slovenia wanted their independence and other Yugoslav nations attacked us in 1991.

Well thats my background pretty much :D

[Rithal]

My great great grandpa from my dads side is from Slovakia (back in the day Austria-Hungary so it was a same country) and my great grandpa from dads side was a bartender in Austrian hotel before WW1. My grandma from dad's side is from Austria and grandpa from dad's side is Slovenian.

My mothers side is Slovenian/Austro-Hungarian (Country I'm from) as far as I know. My great grandpa from mothers side fought for Austria-Hungary during WW1 and fell asleep and missed the battle. Later he found out from about 40 people only 2 survived. Grandma/Grandpa from mothers side are both Slovenian.

Non of them served in WW2 as far as I know (too young/too old)
My dad was in army during Civil War where Slovenia wanted their independence and other Yugoslav nations attacked us in 1991.

Well thats my background pretty much :D

Thats really interesting that your dad fought in the Yugoslavian wars. One of my classes last year discussed them extensively. Some nasty things happened like ethnic cleansing and such... Well, I hope ya'll are faring much better now. The 90s were are dark time in the Balkans.

[Simon445]

Thats really interesting that your dad fought in the Yugoslavian wars. One of my classes last year discussed them extensively. Some nasty things happened like ethnic cleansing and such... Well, I hope ya'll are faring much better now. The 90s were are dark time in the Balkans.

Slovenia is not Balkan, its classified as Central Europe. But yea, some nasty s*it happened in Bosnia and Serbia in late 90s.

And my dad was only fighting in 10 Day War (Slovenian Independence) and not in rest wars that followed in Balkan.

[Rithal]

Slovenia is not Balkan, its classified as Central Europe. But yea, some nasty s*it happened in Bosnia and Serbia in late 90s.

And my dad was only fighting in 10 Day War (Slovenian Independence) and not in rest wars that followed in Balkan.


Yeah, I have a habit of throwing all of the ex-Yugoslavian countries in with the Balkans. :P

[Simon445]

Yeah, I have a habit of throwing all of the ex-Yugoslavian countries in with the Balkans. :P

Thats because ex-Yugoslav countries are Balkan, only Slovenia isn't :P

[zimmer1lb]

Thats because ex-Yugoslav countries are Balkan, only Slovenia isn't :P


STOP IT!!!!!!!!!! I'm getting dizzy. :confused:


zimm out

[Rithal]

Thats because ex-Yugoslav countries are Balkan, only Slovenia isn't :P

Slovenia isn't Balkan, or Slovenia isn't Yugoslavian? XD

[Legion]

My ancestors come from all over. the European side of my family came from France, Germany, and maybe Spain ( does anyone know if Guidroz is Spanish?) anyways most of my family came from France, to my knowledge they went to Canada and were exiled by the British, after being exiled they went and settled in Louisiana (home of the Cajuns) after that they must have hooked up with some native girls because i'm part Houma Indian on my dads side, im also indian on my moms side but there from some tribe in Texas. My great mawmaw came down on the orphan train from new york. My great Pawpaw fought in WW1 and was wounded. Both of my PawPaw fought in WW2 one was in the Navy the other was in the Army. A good bit of my family fought in Vietnam my Dads cousin tiger was killed by a sniper, two of my uncles fought there as well one was in the Navy patrolling the rivers on a PBR and the other was in the USMC. my dad was going to join but my uncle told him not to. after that my family pretty much just stopped serving in the military though i plan to join the USMC once i'm out of college. i dont really know of any earlier military history of my family before ww1 but my aunt did tell me that i'm distantly related to Robert E. Lee (thats what she says anyway) and we are also related to one of the Hatfield and Mccoy families but i dont know if it's the Hatfield or the Mccoys. Thats pretty much all i know of my family history. ill update it if i find anything else out.

(also i know my grammar and spelling is bad i was never good at writing)

[Rithal]

Interesting, and very unique background. I'm over here like "My family came from Britain..." along with about 60,000,000 other Americans XD

[Simon445]

Slovenia isn't Balkan, or Slovenia isn't Yugoslavian? XD

Slovenia was Yugoslavia, but only country in Yugoslavia that was not/isn't Balkan :P

[Mi'kmaq]

Interesting, and very unique background. I'm over here like "My family came from Britain..." along with about 60,000,000 other Americans XD

lololololl

[Rithal]

Slovenia was Yugoslavia, but only country in Yugoslavia that was not/isn't Balkan :P

So this just takes us back to my habit of throwing in all of the ex-Yugoslavian countries in with the Balkans. XD Your language is a South-Slavic language along with most countries on the Balkan Peninsula, and culturally I would say Slovenia is very similar to other Balkan countries, but geographically, I suppose Slovenia is not "Balkan". My sense of a "region" is more vernacular meaning its more of an idea, or a sense of place. For example, Missouri technically isn't in the southern United States, but I would consider it a "southern state" because of its political and cultural background...

Here I am trying to tell you what region your own country is in XD ... I'll stop now :P

[Mi'kmaq]

So this just takes us back to my habit of throwing in all of the ex-Yugoslavian countries in with the Balkans. XD Your language is a South-Slavic language along with most countries on the Balkan Peninsula, and culturally I would say Slovenia is very similar to other Balkan countries, but geographically, I suppose Slovenia is not "Balkan". My sense of a "region" is more vernacular meaning its more of an idea, or a sense of place. For example, Missouri technically isn't in the southern United States, but I would consider it a "southern state" because of its political and cultural background...

Here I am trying to tell you what region your own country is in XD ... I'll stop now :P

I consider Missouri, Kentucky, southern Indiana, southern Illinois, southern Ohio, and West Virginia apart of of something called the Greater South. Places culturally Southern with a mix of Yankee because of them being border states or near border states. But they aren't Southern.

[Simon445]

So this just takes us back to my habit of throwing in all of the ex-Yugoslavian countries in with the Balkans. XD Your language is a South-Slavic language along with most countries on the Balkan Peninsula, and culturally I would say Slovenia is very similar to other Balkan countries, but geographically, I suppose Slovenia is not "Balkan". My sense of a "region" is more vernacular meaning its more of an idea, or a sense of place. For example, Missouri technically isn't in the southern United States, but I would consider it a "southern state" because of its political and cultural background...

Here I am trying to tell you what region your own country is in XD ... I'll stop now :P

Let me explain :p

Slovenian culture is not even slightly similar to what Balkans have. We are more similar to Austria. And we don't have similar language. It's true that we gave basis of our language to Ottomans back in the day. When you hear someone speak Bosnian or Serbian in Slovenia, you won't understand him, unless you speak the language. They use Đ and Ć letters we don't use. And our language is similar to Slovakian (Yes, the country they always confuse us with)





So here is why (Slovenian ---> Slovakian)

Mosquito:

- Komar ----> komár


I love you:

- Ljubim te -----> Ľúbim Ťa


Now here is the weird part:

Republic of Slovakia ---> Slovenská Republika
Republic of Slovenia ---> Republika Slovenija

And "Slovenská Republika" in Slovenian means --> Slovenian Republic

Their language is called "Slovenčina" or "Slovenský jazyk" which in Slovenian sounds like "Slovenki jezik" which means "Slovenian language"
And our language is called "Slovenščina" or "Slovenski Jezik"

And little fun fact: Hitler said Slovenians are Germanic people with Slav language :p

[Rithal]

The only reason I brought language up is because Slovene, Bosnian, Croatian, and Serbian are all in the same language branch.

While the languages are not exact, they are very very similar. If you look at the examples you gave, you can look behind the words and see how the cultures influenced each other. Some of your examples literally only changed a letter here and there, and then added a few accents. This is similar to languages like English and German, which are all Germanic languages. Even though they are not exactly the same, they are very similar in sentence structure and spelling of many words.

@Cherokee. Yeah, I think about it the exact same way. :D

[Mi'kmaq]

Hey y'all, didn't want to start up a whole new thread for this, so I thought this would be the best place. I started up a group for Southern supporters of War of Rights. A place for Southerners to sit around, do whatever, maybe hang a carpetbagger. Everyday things ya know? To join you must be from the South. Your grandparent, great grandparent doesn't make you from the South xD and you must have a blood connection to our glorious Confederacy. As in a relative that fought for the South.

I hope we get a real kewl group goin on here. Would be nice to have a group of Southerners to play this awesome game with when it comes out. Ive seen groups like this on Steam, so I thought "why not?". I also figured it would help develop the War of Rights community.

[Mi'kmaq]

Whoops.………accidental double post

[Historical Player]

Hey y'all, didn't want to start up a whole new thread for this, so I thought this would be the best place. I started up a group for Southern supporters of War of Rights. A place for Southerners to sit around, do whatever, maybe hang a carpetbagger. Everyday things ya know? To join you must be from the South. Your grandparent, great grandparent doesn't make you from the South xD and you must have a blood connection to our glorious Confederacy. As in a relative that fought for the South.

I hope we get a real kewl group goin on here. Would be nice to have a group of Southerners to play this awesome game with when it comes out. Ive seen groups like this on Steam, so I thought "why not?". I also figured it would help develop the War of Rights community.

Hurrah for Dixie!

[Rithal]

Hurrah for Dixie!

^ Indeed. This.

[Historical Player]

^ Indeed. This.

Very much Indeed!

[Mi'kmaq]

Very much Indeed!
Lets gather all Southern born on the forum and overthrow the devs. ;)

[Historical Player]

Lets gather all Southern born on the forum and overthrow the devs. ;)

They will be no match for us!

[Mi'kmaq]

They will be no match for us!
Damn right!

[Historical Player]

Damn right!

This suddenly turned into a Southern Rally topic. I like it.

[Mi'kmaq]

This suddenly turned into a Southern Rally topic. I like it.
The Confederate Blood Society will rule this forum. I could create a Yankee Blood Society on account of my mother's side. Could organise fights in the forum square. I of course will not be on the Yankee side though. Theres something satisfying in sticking a blue belly in the gut with an Arkansas toothpick. The Euros will watch in peril as we fire shots off at each other.

[Historical Player]

The Confederate Blood Society will rule this forum. I could create a Yankee Blood Society on account of my mother's side. Could organise fights in the forum square. I of course will not be on the Yankee side though. Theres something satisfying in sticking a blue belly in the gut with an Arkansas toothpick. The Euros will watch in peril as we fire shots off at each other.
Poor Euros. The Yanks will never stand a chance! Fix bayonets and no mercy!

[Mi'kmaq]

poor euros. The yanks will never stand a chance! Fix bayonets and no mercy!

*rebel yell*

[Historical Player]

*rebel yell*

Just like our Ancestors did it.

[Rithal]

C'mon yanks. Defend your heritage. The Southerners are getting all the talking points right now :D

[Mi'kmaq]

C'mon yanks. Defend your heritage. The Southerners are getting all the talking points right now :D
**Sarcasm**What heritage?**Sarcasm**

That should get them yappin!

[Historical Player]

**Sarcasm**What heritage?**Sarcasm**

That should get them yappin!
The Yanks are terrified of us aren't they Cherokee?

[Octavian360]

Any recommendations on good ancestry fact-finding sites?

[Mi'kmaq]

Any recommendations on good ancestry fact-finding sites?
I used ancestry.com. I know it's really really over advertised, but thank God for that. I went off my family's records dating back to 1066 and it brought me to a Welsh tribal leader who married a Roman. Now, of course this line was highly legendary, which means a lot of it MAY be wrong, but the records with their names have been around since Roman times, so who knows. The Ancestry.com database is HUGE. I mean giant. I found stuff that I couldn't even believe.

[MilitantMonkey]

I used ancestry.com. I know it's really really over advertised, but thank G-d for that. I went off my family's records dating back to 1066 and it brought me to a Welsh tribal leader who married a Roman. Now, of course this line was highly legendary, which means a lot of it MAY be wrong, but the records with their names have been around since Roman times, so who knows. The Ancestry.com database is HUGE. I mean giant. I found stuff that I couldn't even believe.

To add on to what Cherokee said. Ancestry is a fantastic database, and it is continuously growing! However it is quite expensive. There is a public library where I am from that has its own genealogy section, and they actually have ancestry where you can access it for free. So I would recommend trying to find a genealogy center near you that allows free access to it and start searching! Also another website (which too you have to pay for but it isn't as expensive) is fold3.com It has MANY service records dating back to the Civil War, both Yank and Confederate. Some may have 2 or 3 pages, others, such as one of my grandpas, had about 57 pages.

Good luck on searching, and message me anytime if you need help. I'd be glad to!

[zimmer1lb]

Wellll now........walks lak a yanky.......talks lak a yanky.....smells lak a yanky........shoes even squeeek..........click point


zimm out

[Mi'kmaq]

lolololololol

[MawLr]

Well, my ancestors were not exactly famous nor participated actively on any war (as far as I know)

My father's family comes from Brittany, France, where apparently they held a household in the region of Dol (Pays-de-Dol) they can be traced back to before the Vikings landed in the coasts of Normandy and parts of Brittany.

Bad times, having survived a revolution, several monarchies and economic crisis made my father's family move to the new world, to a growing country that was recovering from a war with the United States; Mexico. My father's family moved in around 1857 - 1860, and looks like France followed them, the 2nd French intervention in 1864 occurred and the 2nd Mexican Empire was created, which was supported by the French to gain a puppet state.

Settled in Guadalajara, they began their new life, but in 1864, the French marched in the city, the information of what happened to the city is quite unclear, but the french held the city until 1867, where once more, the city switched sides and got under Mexican control again.

Eventually as time progressed my father's family ended up moving to the state of Baja California, where the living family still lives on today.

My mother's side is quite different, coming from Spain, they were between some of the first settlers that moved on to the new world in around 1550, settling in the state of Guanajuato.

Surviving the independence they remained as humble people, being shoemakers. They also survived both French Interventions.

The Mexican revolution came (1910), and by those times, my mother's family had in between some of the first railroad engineers in the state of Guanajuato, operating the trains that passed through the different stations, and surviving several armed encounters between revolutionaries and the government.

My mother's family would continue the tradition of being railroad workers until my grandfather created his shoe shop in a small town called Irapuato, located in Guanajuato, he would become one of the most famous shoemakers in Mexico due to him being the only one who made boots for Army Generals.

That's pretty much it, most of my natively Mexican relatives are now deceased so I really couldn't find anything on that, apart from me being of european descent it's hard identify what civilization did any of my native Mexican relatives had.

noteworthy thing: Danish vikings probably plundered my father's family lands, silly.

[Mi'kmaq]

Well, my ancestors were not exactly famous nor participated actively on any war (as far as I know)

My father's family comes from Brittany, France, where apparently they held a household in the region of Dol (Pays-de-Dol) they can be traced back to before the Vikings landed in the coasts of Normandy and parts of Brittany.

What is your house?

[MawLr]

What is your house?
Almazan

Incredibly enough, I used to think they were Spanish when I was younger, then I actually asked my father, turns out they were French, further research made me discover that, heh.

[Mi'kmaq]

Almazan

Incredibly enough, I used to think they were Spanish when I was younger, then I actually asked my father, turns out they were French, further research made me discover that, heh.

Was referring to the Breton house lol. You said they were from Dol. I'm from the House of Penthièvre on my mother's side.

[Bravescot]

I don't have a house. As a Scot I have a clan, I'm a Campbell of Cawdor using the ancient tartan

[Mi'kmaq]

I don't have a house. As a Scot I have a clan, I'm a Campbell of Cawdor using the ancient tartan
Some pretty interesting happened in the US regarding clans. Because of the influence of Scotch-Irish on Southerners, clans starting forming. The Scotch influence touched literally every part of Southern culture. Our dialects, our food, our behaviour, our genetic admixture, etc. There was a famous clan feud in the South in the 1800's. 2 clans, the Hatfields and the McCoys waged a bloody war against each other in Tennessee and Kentucky. Below is a photo of the Hatfield clan. I found several photos of my family posing in this fashion. Guns, whole family in the picture, on family property, etc.
http://cdn.history.com/sites/2/2013/04/HatfieldClan-E.jpeg

Henry Berry Lowrie, a Lumbee, led a war against Confederate troops in North Carolina with a gang of his kin and others. I respect him a lot. Fought against injustice. The Lumbee have significant Scotch influence because of the Scotch-Irish settlers that moved into Appalachia, but are a tri-racial group similar to the Melungeons. He killed a man for disrespecting the women of the Lowrie family. The Reconstruction government tried to outlaw his gang, so the proper response was more revenge killings of course. He was a general badass. Below is a picture of Henry Berry Lowrie.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/Henry_Berry_Lowrie.jpg

[Bravescot]

....Scottish culture. Killing people and destroying communities without even being connected directly *sniff* I'm so proud :o

[Brother_Padre]

I don't have a house. As a Scot I have a clan, I'm a Campbell of Cawdor using the ancient tartan

I hail from clan McDonald (not the fast food -.-) have a McDonald Tam o' Shanter, not sure exactly what era of McDonald the tartan is however.

[Historical Player]

All of this history is amazing to read! I am just soaking it all in!

[MawLr]

Was referring to the Breton house lol. You said they were from Dol. I'm from the House of Penthièvre on my mother's side.

Sorry, english gets me confused some times. They had a family seat and lands in Dol, however they weren't as prominent nor as famous like your house, heh.

[Mi'kmaq]

Sorry, english gets me confused some times. They had a family seat and lands in Dol, however they weren't as prominent nor as famous like your house, heh.

Ah I see. Very interesting! :D puede hablar espanol conmigo. (hablo mal el espanol lolololol)


All of this history is amazing to read! I am just soaking it all in!
:) Hmmmm, lemme see what else I have to satisfy your taste. Oh yes, the Copperheads. Glorious group of people. Some ardent anti-abolitionists, but oh well, that was the era. I might also add that some of these abolitionists weren't saints either *Looks at Kansas*. Well, anyway, the Copperheads were Northerners who supported the South during the Civil War. Some talked of violent resistance against the Union during the war and some even said that they'd serve in the Confederate army and that their state should have joined the Confederacy. The Knights of the Golden Circle was one of the largest Copperhead groups. They wanted to extend slavery into the area known as the Golden Circle.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/70/Golden_Circle_%28Proposed_Country%29.png

I also might add that a prominent Copperhead, Clement Vallandigham, saw the war as the Union attacking the South to free the slaves, which he saw as idiotic. He believed that starting a war over slavery would be more damaging than the institution of slavery itself. Now, I find it funny that he saw the war as being started over slavery, but that's another discussion. He liked slaves, a lot of prominent people, both Southern and Northern, liked owning slaves. Not a big surprise. He wanted to form a Northwestern Confederacy consisting of the states of Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, and Illinois, by overthrowing their governments. He met with a Confederate official in Canada to work out his plan.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Clement_Vallandigham_-_Brady-Handy.jpg/307px-Clement_Vallandigham_-_Brady-Handy.jpg

[MawLr]

Ah I see. Very interesting! :D puede hablar espanol conmigo. (hablo mal el espanol lolololol)

Bueno, al menos se te entiende bien, hah! :)

[Historical Player]

Ah I see. Very interesting! :D puede hablar espanol conmigo. (hablo mal el espanol lolololol)


:) Hmmmm, lemme see what else I have to satisfy your taste. Oh yes, the Copperheads. Glorious group of people. Some ardent anti-abolitionists, but oh well, that was the era. I might also add that some of these abolitionists weren't saints either *Looks at Kansas*. Well, anyway, the Copperheads were Northerners who supported the South during the Civil War. Some talked of violent resistance against the Union during the war and some even said that they'd serve in the Confederate army and that their state should have joined the Confederacy. The Knights of the Golden Circle was one of the largest Copperhead groups. They wanted to extend slavery into the area known as the Golden Circle.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/70/Golden_Circle_%28Proposed_Country%29.png

I also might add that a prominent Copperhead, Clement Vallandigham, saw the war as the Union attacking the South to free the slaves, which he saw as idiotic. He believed that starting a war over slavery would be more damaging than the institution of slavery itself. Now, I find it funny that he saw the war as being started over slavery, but that's another discussion. He liked slaves, a lot of prominent people, both Southern and Northern, liked owning slaves. Not a big surprise. He wanted to form a Northwestern Confederacy consisting of the states of Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, and Illinois, by overthrowing their governments. He met with a Confederate official in Canada to work out his plan.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Clement_Vallandigham_-_Brady-Handy.jpg/307px-Clement_Vallandigham_-_Brady-Handy.jpg

Wow. I have never heard this story before.

[Mi'kmaq]

I think you'll enjoy what other good stories I have. Another one is about John Wilkes Booth not being killed. I have books and books about these things. I truly believe it is a possibility that through a secret organisation or sheer luck Booth lived another 40 years instead of being killed by Union soldiers. There is a record regarding the body that the Union soldiers dragged out of the barn that they identified as Booth. To say the least, it didn't look like Booth. Descendants of Booth even said multiple times that Booth lived a long life after killing Lincoln. Booth was a possible member of the Knights of the Golden Circle. Very secretive organisation. The Knights stashed away gold, weapons, money, etc in hopes of continuing the Southern War of Independence in hopes that the South would remain independent. Now, I find it ironic that their motives were probably more or less aimed at the continuation of slavery, which many Southern aristocrats already recognised as a dying institution. Anyway, Booth changed his name to John Byron Wilkes or John St.Helen and either stayed in the South, probably in Texas, or left the country. Now there is some speculation to where he went. Some say he went to India and posed as an Englishman. Now, onto a rather disrespectful and horrid event. John St.Helen's body, thought to be Booth, was mummified and became apart of a circus where people payed money to look at it. It traveled the US well into the late 1900's. DNA testing is being done to confirm whether it is or is not Booth.

But wait there's more :D

Here is another story. Many people don't know about the Southern diaspora. After the Civil War many Southerners left the South because they could not stand to live under the US government. Many went to South America, primarily Brasil. A lot of Southerners were attracted by the fact that Brasil still had slavery. The Brasilians welcomed the Southerners in open arms. Colonies such as New Texas and Americana were founded by Confederados (Southern settlers in Brasil). Southerners brought with them their Protestant faith, their Southern culture, their beloved flag, and the Knights of the Golden Circle. Below is a picture of the old flag of Americana. (The Italian immigrants ended up taking off the Confederate flag. This is the reason no one likes Italians.)

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/18/Bandeira_velha.jpg

The Confederados still celebrate their Southern heritage with Confederate celebrations. Many went to the South to visit battlefields thanks to the Sons of Confederate Veterans. All photos below are of Confederado celebrations in Brasil.
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/04/27/19/6Y6YbkHHvHSK2-3057602-Descendants_of_American_Southerners_wearing_Confed erate_era_dres-a-93_1430159765638.jpg
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/04/27/19/6Y6YjrUmX-HSK1-3057602-Descendants_of_American_Southerners_wearing_Confed erate_era_unif-a-92_1430159765546.jpg

[MilitantMonkey]

I think you'll enjoy what other good stories I have. Another one is about John Wilkes Booth not being killed. I have books and books about these things. I truly believe it is a possibility that through a secret organisation or sheer luck Booth lived another 40 years instead of being killed by Union soldiers. There is a record regarding the body that the Union soldiers dragged out of the barn that they identified as Booth. To say the least, it didn't look like Booth. Descendants of Booth even said multiple times that Booth lived a long life after killing Lincoln. Booth was a possible member of the Knights of the Golden Circle. Very secretive organisation. The Knights stashed away gold, weapons, money, etc in hopes of continuing the Southern War of Independence in hopes that the South would remain independent. Now, I find it ironic that their motives were probably more or less aimed at the continuation of slavery, which many Southern aristocrats already recognised as a dying institution. Anyway, Booth changed his name to John Byron Wilkes or John St.Helen and either stayed in the South, probably in Texas, or left the country. Now there is some speculation to where he went. Some say he went to India and posed as an Englishman. Now, onto a rather disrespectful and horrid event. John St.Helen's body, thought to be Booth, was mummified and became apart of a circus where people payed money to look at it. It traveled the US well into the late 1900's. DNA testing is being done to confirm whether it is or is not Booth.

That's actually pretty interesting! What are your sources, I'd like to look deeper into this?

[Mi'kmaq]

Here are some links.
http://time.com/3769589/john-wilkes-booth-cadaver/
http://www.history.com/news/the-john-wilkes-booth-mummy-that-toured-america
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1342168/Abraham-Lincolns-assassin-gave-death-bed-confession-40-years-later.html

Also a good book that has a chapter dedicated to this theory is History Decoded: The 10 Greatest Conspiracies of All Time.

[Historical Player]

I think you'll enjoy what other good stories I have. Another one is about John Wilkes Booth not being killed. I have books and books about these things. I truly believe it is a possibility that through a secret organisation or sheer luck Booth lived another 40 years instead of being killed by Union soldiers. There is a record regarding the body that the Union soldiers dragged out of the barn that they identified as Booth. To say the least, it didn't look like Booth. Descendants of Booth even said multiple times that Booth lived a long life after killing Lincoln. Booth was a possible member of the Knights of the Golden Circle. Very secretive organisation. The Knights stashed away gold, weapons, money, etc in hopes of continuing the Southern War of Independence in hopes that the South would remain independent. Now, I find it ironic that their motives were probably more or less aimed at the continuation of slavery, which many Southern aristocrats already recognised as a dying institution. Anyway, Booth changed his name to John Byron Wilkes or John St.Helen and either stayed in the South, probably in Texas, or left the country. Now there is some speculation to where he went. Some say he went to India and posed as an Englishman. Now, onto a rather disrespectful and horrid event. John St.Helen's body, thought to be Booth, was mummified and became apart of a circus where people payed money to look at it. It traveled the US well into the late 1900's. DNA testing is being done to confirm whether it is or is not Booth.

But wait there's more :D

Here is another story. Many people don't know about the Southern diaspora. After the Civil War many Southerners left the South because they could not stand to live under the US government. Many went to South America, primarily Brasil. A lot of Southerners were attracted by the fact that Brasil still had slavery. The Brasilians welcomed the Southerners in open arms. Colonies such as New Texas and Americana were founded by Confederados (Southern settlers in Brasil). Southerners brought with them their Protestant faith, their Southern culture, their beloved flag, and the Knights of the Golden Circle. Below is a picture of the old flag of Americana. (The Italian immigrants ended up taking off the Confederate flag. This is the reason no one likes Italians.)

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/18/Bandeira_velha.jpg

The Confederados still celebrate their Southern heritage with Confederate celebrations. Many went to the South to visit battlefields thanks to the Sons of Confederate Veterans. All photos below are of Confederado celebrations in Brasil.
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/04/27/19/6Y6YbkHHvHSK2-3057602-Descendants_of_American_Southerners_wearing_Confed erate_era_dres-a-93_1430159765638.jpg
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/04/27/19/6Y6YjrUmX-HSK1-3057602-Descendants_of_American_Southerners_wearing_Confed erate_era_unif-a-92_1430159765546.jpg

That is TOO cool! I knew John Wilkes Booth lived,a nd wasn't there a guy in Louisiana that was named John Booth Wilkes? I saw pictures of him and he looked just like John Booth Wilkes.

[Mi'kmaq]

....Scottish culture. Killing people and destroying communities without even being connected directly *sniff* I'm so proud :o
:o Don't I have I a treat for you! 2 brothers, well cousins, well maybe brothers, committed some of the most horrific murders across the colonies. Micajah "Big" Harpe and Wiley "Little" Harpe, 2 Americans born to Scottish parents. They were Royalists during the Revolutionary War and were apart of a Tory rape gang that kidnapped girls. As young adults they lived with the Creek and Cherokee and committed atrocities against white settlers. Scots living with natives was quite common. Many intermarried with natives as well and their descendants became extremely prominent. Anyways, they ended up marrying, they killed their children because cried too much, and continued their murderous rampage across the frontier, with a gang at one point, mind you this gang was disgusted by their acts. They were known for filling their victims with rocks and throwing them into rivers. Big Harpe attacked John Leiper with a tomahawk. Leiper was hunting Harpe for a murder he committed. Leiper shot Harpe, cut off his head while he was still conscious, and stuck it on a pole. Little Harpe escaped but was later caught and executed in 1804. Below is a drawing of the Harpe Brothers.
http://www.executedtoday.com/images/Harpe_brothers.jpg

[Rithal]

:o Don't I have I a treat for you! 2 brothers, well cousins, well maybe brothers, committed some of the most horrific murders across the colonies. Micajah "Big" Harpe and Wiley "Little" Harpe, 2 Americans born to Scottish parents. They were Royalists during the Revolutionary War and were apart of a Tory rape gang that kidnapped girls. As young adults they lived with the Creek and Cherokee and committed atrocities against white settlers. Scots living with natives was quite common. Many intermarried with natives as well and their descendants became extremely prominent. Anyways, they ended up marrying, they killed their children because cried too much, and continued their murderous rampage across the frontier, with a gang at one point, mind you this gang was disgusted by their acts. They were known for filling their victims with rocks and throwing them into rivers. Big Harpe attacked John Leiper with a tomahawk. Leiper was hunting Harpe for a murder he committed. Leiper shot Harpe, cut off his head while he was still conscious, and stuck it on a pole. Little Harpe escaped but was later caught and executed in 1804. Below is a drawing of the Harpe Brothers.
http://www.executedtoday.com/images/Harpe_brothers.jpg

I am very familiar with this story :) The Harpe Brothers often robbed people on the Natchez Trace. They operated and later died very very near me. Legend has it you can see them walking the trace or sneaking around in fields. It can get very creepy out in the country at night...

[Mi'kmaq]

I am very familiar with this story :) The Harpe Brothers often robbed people on the Natchez Trace. They operated and later died very very near me. Legend has it you can see them walking the trace or sneaking around in fields. It can get very creepy out in the country at night...
Reading about them gives me chills. I don't care how far back in time it was, that shit is still scary. Especially since I grew up around the type of areas they rampaged.


That is TOO cool! I knew John Wilkes Booth lived,a nd wasn't there a guy in Louisiana that was named John Booth Wilkes? I saw pictures of him and he looked just like John Booth Wilkes.
I think it was speculated, but I'm not really sure. I'm a Booth and Copperhead fan, so I love reading articles about his connections to the Knights of the Golden Circle and possible escape. Imma read more about this topic and present my findings later.

[Historical Player]

Reading about them gives me chills. I don't care how far back in time it was, that shit is still scary. Especially since I grew up around the type of areas they rampaged.


I think it was speculated, but I'm not really sure. I'm a Booth and Copperhead fan, so I love reading articles about his connections to the Knights of the Golden Circle and possible escape. Imma read more about this topic and present my findings later.

I will be eagerly awaiting your findings.

[MawLr]

Something quite interesting I recently found out was that during the battle of Gettysburg, a Hispanic-American (probably of Mexican descent) called Joseph H. De Castro was a Corporal in the 19th Massachusetts Regiment, this guy was a flag bearer, and during Pickett's Charge, he attacked a rebel flag bearer from the 19th Virginia Regiment, knocking him down with his own flag and he stole the enemy flag, he broke line and went to General Alexander Webb, giving him the flag as a prize.

This is a quote from Gen. Webb:
"At the instant a man broke through my lines and thrust a rebel battle flag into my hands. He never said a word and darted back. It was Corporal Joseph H. De Castro, one of my color bearers. He had knocked down a color bearer in the enemy's line with the staff of the Massachusetts State colors, seized the falling flag and dashed it to me"

De Castro was awarded the Medal of Honor.
1076

Several Mexicans fought with the Confederacy as well, serving in regiments from Texas, they were called Tejanos by the Confederates, this is quite interesting and I have to look deeper into this.

[Mi'kmaq]

Something quite interesting I recently found out was that during the battle of Gettysburg, a Hispanic-American (probably of Mexican descent) called Joseph H. De Castro was a Corporal in the 19th Massachusetts Regiment, this guy was a flag bearer, and during Pickett's Charge, he attacked a rebel flag bearer from the 19th Virginia Regiment, knocking him down with his own flag and he stole the enemy flag, he broke line and went to General Alexander Webb, giving him the flag as a prize.

This is a quote from Gen. Webb:
"At the instant a man broke through my lines and thrust a rebel battle flag into my hands. He never said a word and darted back. It was Corporal Joseph H. De Castro, one of my color bearers. He had knocked down a color bearer in the enemy's line with the staff of the Massachusetts State colors, seized the falling flag and dashed it to me"

De Castro was awarded the Medal of Honor.
1076

Several Mexicans fought with the Confederacy as well, serving in regiments from Texas, they were called Tejanos by the Confederates, this is quite interesting and I have to look deeper into this.
Yes, lots of Hispanics fought in the Civil War. I recommend you read about Loreta Janeta Velázquez, a Cuban woman who got into the Confederate military by masquerading as a man.

[BloodBeag]

My grandad is a Mau Mau tribesman. Do you wanna know who else was descended from the Mau Mau tribe?

That's right, Barack Obama... Check Mate boys
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[Historical Player]

Yes, lots of Hispanics fought in the Civil War. I recommend you read about Loreta Janeta Velázquez, a Cuban woman who got into the Confederate military by masquerading as a man.

Yea, didn't Velazquez get money to raise her own regiment? They Arkansas Greys.

[Mi'kmaq]

Yea, didn't Velazquez get money to raise her own regiment? They Arkansas Greys.

I know she raised her own regiment, but I'm not sure about the funding nor the name.

[Historical Player]

I know she raised her own regiment, but I'm not sure about the funding nor the name.

I read about her in a Civil War book today and that's where I saw it.

[Mi'kmaq]

I just found out im a quarter Cajun. Freaked me out because I had no idea. I mean my grandma mentioned some stuff years ago, but I never heard nothin about it.

[Legion]

I just found out im a quarter Cajun. Freaked me out because I had no idea. I mean my grandma mentioned some stuff years ago, but I never heard nothin about it.

Nice.we could be related then. do you know the name?

[Mi'kmaq]

Nice.we could be related then. do you know the name?
It was a shock lololol She told me some stories and such. It was a lot of Cajun families with surnnames of Anglo origin. I think one was Thomas.

[Rithal]

I have some family in New Orleans.... however we share no blood relation, and I'm pretty sure they are all Italians who moved there with the mob back in the 30s :D

[Mi'kmaq]

I have some family in New Orleans.... however we share no blood relation, and I'm pretty sure they are all Italians who moved there with the mob back in the 30s :D
Gonna start calling you Don Rithal.

[Rithal]

Gonna start calling you Don Rithal.

But I have zero Italian background... However I do love the Godfather movies and can pull off a pretty sweet Vito Corleone voice so... :D

[Mi'kmaq]

But I have zero Italian background... However I do love the Godfather movies and can pull off a pretty sweet Vito Corleone voice so... :D
I hate Italians tbh. Greasy fucks.





But im just sayin, Italians have done some pretty great things for American culture. Music, movies, etc.

[Rithal]

I hate Italians tbh. Greasy fucks.





But im just sayin, Italians have done some pretty great things for American culture. Music, movies, etc.

Well then..... I agree.... Italians have contributed greatly to the melting pot that is modern America...

[Mi'kmaq]

Well then..... I agree.... Italians have contributed greatly to the melting pot that is modern America...

Damnit! I was expecting an angry Italian nationalist :'(

[Rithal]

Damnit! I was expecting an angry Italian nationalist :'(

But I'm not Italian! XD I have as much British background as a Brit does XD Or almost as much.

[Mi'kmaq]

But I'm not Italian! XD I have as much British background as a Brit does XD Or almost as much.
Stfu don rithal.

[Rithal]

XD thats precisely what im saying. I have a very boring ancestry besides a few natives.

[MilitantMonkey]

XD thats precisely what im saying. I have a very boring ancestry besides a few natives.

You can never have a boring ancestry ;)

[Rithal]

You can never have a boring ancestry ;)

When they all come from the exact same place, thats pretty boring :P

[Mi'kmaq]

You can never have a boring ancestry ;)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

[Bravescot]

If we were to go in deep I am (In order of how strong): Scottish, English, American, Welsh, Irish, Serbian, German, Austrian and Hungarian

[Mi'kmaq]

If we were to go in deep I am (In order of how strong): Scottish, English, American, Welsh, Irish, Serbian, German, Austrian and Hungarian
Lolwut, now im confused.

[Mi'kmaq]

My ancestors come from all over. the European side of my family came from France, Germany, and maybe Spain ( does anyone know if Guidroz is Spanish?) anyways most of my family came from France, to my knowledge they went to Canada and were exiled by the British, after being exiled they went and settled in Louisiana (home of the Cajuns) after that they must have hooked up with some native girls because i'm part Houma Indian on my dads side, im also indian on my moms side but there from some tribe in Texas. My great mawmaw came down on the orphan train from new york. My great Pawpaw fought in WW1 and was wounded. Both of my PawPaw fought in WW2 one was in the Navy the other was in the Army. A good bit of my family fought in Vietnam my Dads cousin tiger was killed by a sniper, two of my uncles fought there as well one was in the Navy patrolling the rivers on a PBR and the other was in the USMC. my dad was going to join but my uncle told him not to. after that my family pretty much just stopped serving in the military though i plan to join the USMC once i'm out of college. i dont really know of any earlier military history of my family before ww1 but my aunt did tell me that i'm distantly related to Robert E. Lee (thats what she says anyway) and we are also related to one of the Hatfield and Mccoy families but i dont know if it's the Hatfield or the Mccoys. Thats pretty much all i know of my family history. ill update it if i find anything else out.

(also i know my grammar and spelling is bad i was never good at writing)
Leleel double post. But I never replied to your post, seems I may have had forgotten. Defiantly interesting. Similar to mine. My grandma is Cajun and Creole.

[Rithal]

If we were to go in deep I am (In order of how strong): Scottish, English, American, Welsh, Irish, Serbian, German, Austrian and Hungarian

That is very similar to mine, minus the Serbian, Austrian and Hungarian. I believe there is some German and French in my ancestry but I'm not quite sure how much. If by American you mean "Native-American" then we also have that in common as well :P Although, considering you are from Scotland, one of your ancestors would have had to marry a Native in America and then one of their descendants would have had to go back to Britain XD How exactly does that work? :P

[Mi'kmaq]

That is very similar to mine, minus the Serbian, Austrian and Hungarian. I believe there is some German and French in my ancestry but I'm not quite sure how much. If by American you mean "Native-American" then we also have that in common as well :P Although, considering you are from Scotland, one of your ancestors would have had to marry a Native in America and then one of their descendants would have had to go back to Britain XD How exactly does that work? :P It happened a lot actually. Many Brits are descended from Indians.

[Bravescot]

Well it come from my Grandma who has Native and Immigrant American in her so it's kind of both "Americans" I guess.

[Mi'kmaq]

Well it come from my Grandma who has Native and Immigrant American in her so it's kind of both "Americans" I guess.
:0 You know what tribe?

[Bravescot]

:0 You know what tribe?

I think it might be Iroquois

[Mi'kmaq]

I think it might be Iroquois
Very interesting. Churchill was part Iriquois as well.

[Mi'kmaq]

Dis gun b a bump post kekekekekek

[Macca]

Nothing noteworthy here as far as I know I'm afraid - so I'll just pull the badass viking card I guess.

- Trusty

Ayy. ;)

My side? Heh, well, my auntie did a family tree going back nearly two hundred and fifty years or so. It appears my family has been in the military for almost the whole time, with ancestors fighting in the Napoleonic Wars, World War One, World War two and so on. Just listed three of the main ones. I can post more if anyone is interested.

[Mi'kmaq]

Ayy. ;)

My side? Heh, well, my auntie did a family tree going back nearly two hundred and fifty years or so. It appears my family has been in the military for almost the whole time, with ancestors fighting in the Napoleonic Wars, World War One, World War two and so on. Just listed three of the main ones. I can post more if anyone is interested.
Always interested to hear about ancestry :D

[Macca]

Always interested to hear about ancestry :D

I'll ask for more information such as names, ranks, dates etc and post it. ;)

[Mi'kmaq]

Awesome!!!!

[Pvt.Scott]

My ancestors when the civil war were either in Scotland or Germany 3 of my grandparents cousins were in ww2 in the navy.

[RoyalAce]

My Great great grandfather and his brother served in ww1, my grandfather got transfered to egypt and fought the ottomans and my great great uncle was killed at the battle of Loos. They were both English I think but further back my ancestry is scottish and when you get way back Henry the 8th was my great great great...great uncle. It may have been Richard the Lionheart or Richard III though, funny story my many greats grandfather was 1st in line for the throne but abdicated as he didn't want to be assassinated, my many greats uncle assumed the throne and was murdered a few months later.

[Rithal]

My Great great grandfather and his brother served in ww1, my grandfather got transfered to egypt and fought the ottomans and my great great uncle was killed at the battle of Loos. They were both English I think but further back my ancestry is scottish and when you get way back Henry the 8th was my great great great...great uncle. It may have been Richard the Lionheart or Richard III though, funny story my many greats grandfather was 1st in line for the throne but abdicated as he didn't want to be assassinated, my many greats uncle assumed the throne and was murdered a few months later.

Interesting ancestry indeed. I have recently learned that I am *supposedly* one of the many direct descendants of Mary, Queen of Scots. I also *supposedly* share relation to Eleanor of Aquitaine, and Richard the Lionheart. You know those royals XD They are always inter-marrying with eachother. We are all bound to share relation with some of them XD Welcome to the forum!

[Mi'kmaq]

Pretty interesting indeed

[GothixGrafx]

Gentlemen:

Another Southerner answering the call to arms! I just discovered WOR tonight and this Southern/Ancestry thread pulled me in.

Every generation of my family born in the US are sons of the South. My 3rd Great Grandfather and 4th Great Uncle were officers in 8th Regiment, SCV, Company A. Three or four others from the family also served in the same Regiment.

Looking forward to the game and spirited conversation about the scourge of Yankee invaders.


Respectfully,
GothixGrafx

[Mi'kmaq]

Gentlemen:

Another Southerner answering the call to arms! I just discovered WOR tonight and this Southern/Ancestry thread pulled me in.

Every generation of my family born in the US are sons of the South. My 3rd Great Grandfather and 4th Great Uncle were officers in 8th Regiment, SCV, Company A. Three or four others from the family also served in the same Regiment.

Looking forward to the game and spirited conversation about the scourge of Yankee invaders.


Respectfully,
GothixGrafx

Well hot damn, another Southerner! :D Welcome to the forum!

[Dipington]

i remember on my dad's side i had i guy that had the same name as me that enlisted in the 9th new york volunteer cavalry regiment in 1864. On my mother's side is more interesting; Brigadier General and later Major General Alfred H. Terry. He made 2 regiment from his home state: 2nd Connecticut volunteer infantry, and the more elite 7th Connecticut volunteer infantry, later promoted to Brig Gen and got his taste of fame at Fort Fisher. After Butler screwed up trying to seize the fort Terry asked permission by Grant to let him take command of the next assault on the fort, and Grant letted him. Terry worked a admiral of the fleet outside the fort to help him and his division on taking the fort. The day later he was promoted to Major General after his skills there. It continues with him following grant till Appomattox court house and after the surrender he placed in charge of the military division in missouri. and went on to fight the natives and go after blackfoot and this is where custer would ignore Terry's orders and go to little big horn and get overwhelmed. afterwards he retired and went back to connecticut and stayed there till he died.

[GothixGrafx]

I have another interesting story, one full of irony. My mother's side is thought to be descended from General Joseph Martin

Any relation to:

John M Martin b: abt 1792 in South Carolina
John M Martin b: abt 1822 in South Carolina

[MilitantMonkey]

Hey guys!

I just wanted to make a quick post regarding your Union or Confederate ancestors. There is a database that I found a while ago filled with almost 40,000 Civil War veterans! It is still very active with multiple people adding their ancestor(s) every day. I encourage y'all to go on here and check it out, see if your ancestor(s) are on here. If not, simply add them! This is also a great way to get in contact with other relatives. :D

The website is: http://www.militaryhistoryonline.com/genealogy/default.aspx

[Mi'kmaq]

Hey guys!

I just wanted to make a quick post regarding your Union or Confederate ancestors. There is a database that I found a while ago filled with almost 40,000 Civil War veterans! It is still very active with multiple people adding their ancestor(s) every day. I encourage y'all to go on here and check it out, see if your ancestor(s) are on here. If not, simply add them! This is also a great way to get in contact with other relatives. :D

The website is: http://www.militaryhistoryonline.com/genealogy/default.aspx

Interesting! :D Pretty cool website

[William Bowen]

My ancestors at the time of the civil war were Scots in Tennessee , Scots in Scotland,and people over in eastern Europe, particularly Belarus. Of the people who fought in the civil war they all fought for the south. One was a confederate artillery officer and one was blown apart by a Yankee cannonball. The guy who was blown apart had a sister who was a nurse.

[Mi'kmaq]

I finally found a document that actually gave me good information regarding my 4th great grandfather's regiment. He served in the Tennessee Reserves. He was captured the day after the Union stormed Bristol, Tennessee. He was sent to Louisville and then transferred to Camp Chase in Ohio. A lot of his kin perished in various other prison camps.

[BloodBeag]

My great-granddad got the military medal in the second world war. He wasn't a career soldier and he wasn't fighting in a pointless war for the sake of a group of people wanting to keep their slaves. Also, I haven't made up my family history saying i'm 20th in line to the throne of Great Britain or that my ancestor was " a breton crossbowman at the battle of hastings" what a load of rubbish, seriously people. Enough with the circle-jerking.

[Legion]

There's no reason not to believe these peoples history. IIt's very interesting. Besides we are all related in some way

[Mi'kmaq]

My great-granddad got the military medal in the second world war. He wasn't a career soldier and he wasn't fighting in a pointless war for the sake of a group of people wanting to keep their slaves. Also, I haven't made up my family history saying i'm 20th in line to the throne of Great Britain or that my ancestor was " a breton crossbowman at the battle of hastings" what a load of rubbish, seriously people. Enough with the circle-jerking.
Considering most Southerners descend from British aristocracy and our whole culture was formed around those attitudes, my ancestry isn't exactly uncommon. Of course, I doubt any Southerner comes from a purely aristocratic background. There were indentured servants, silver miners, poor farmers, etc. After the Civil War, most Southern aristocracy was knocked down to being poor working class farmers, miners, etc.

[Mi'kmaq]

There's no reason not to believe these peoples history. IIt's very interesting. Besides we are all related in some way

Pretty much. A lot of Europeans descend from the peasant populations that did not leave Europe for the New World and not all Southerners descend soley from aristocracy. A portion of my father's line were slaves, thats not exactly glamorous . Everyone with colonial American blood is more than likely related.

[Legion]

I don't know to much about my family history, all I really know is that we came from France and spain mostly and that family has native American blood, apache and houma Indian from what my family has told me.

[CivilLetsPlays]

The most interesting of my ancestors who fought during this war was Case Bacon. He fought with Company F of the 16th Iowa Infantry Regiment part of Crocker's Iowa Brigade, and served in that regiment throughout the war.

He fought in many of the biggest battles in the Western theatre of the war including Shiloh, Corinth, Vicksburg, Iuka, Champion's Hill, Kennesaw Mountain, and the Battle of Atlanta to name a few. The most interesting part of his service to me is that while fighting at the Battle of Atlanta his company was surrounded by Texans while his company covered the retreat for the rest of the company. Word however never got to Company F that they were to pull out of the engagement and retreat, so the unit stayed and held their ground until being overrun by the Texans and forced to surrender.

The enlisted men were taken prisoner and sent to the infamous Andersonville Prison in August of 1864. After spending a couple months inside the stockade suffering they were told they were to be exchanged. However at the exchange something went wrong and his unit did not get exchanged, on the way back near a turn in the road surrounded on all sides by thick forest several of the men, including Case, decided to make a break for it. Close to 15 men broke formation and ran for their lives into the woods in hopes of escaping from Andersonville and get back to their own lines. 14 of these men were later captured, not Case Bacon.

He later got back to his unit and was posted as a guard at headquarters throughout the rest of the war, until he went AWOL for 4 days before returning to his post. NOTE: I'm still trying to figure out why he would go AWOL for 4 days then return like nothing happened, my guess is PTSD or something.

After the war he settled down in Kansas and lived a happy life with his wife.

Visiting his grave in Kansas was one of the most touching and amazing experiences I've had in my life. Knowing what he and many others went through when they were only 18 was something truly amazing. I cant image being a POW at Andersonville, hundreds of miles from home, when you're only 18...

[Burger Rambo]

The only thing I know is that they were Scottish and killed Englishmen... Not many of my ancestors lived in America at the time of the civil war, but the ones who did I found an entire group of brothers who fought for the confederacy.

[A. P. Hill]

I had people with my last name on both sides, but I have also been told that via my lineage, I'm purported related to A. P. Hill As well as Major General Henry J Hunt.

[O'Donovan]

Second generation immigrant here, on both sides. During the Civil War, my respective families were still in Ireland and Germany. It wasn't until the latter part of the 19th century that my grandparents came to the US. My father was born in 1900 and my mother in 1912, both in Chicago. My father was an underage enlistee in WWI (16, with parent's consent) and served in the US Navy, on several battleships.



-Irish

[titanpilot321]

I have strong German ancestry, some of my family moved to Australia in the 1860s witch is why I live in Australia, my uncle found proof that I am related to this man, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Ernst_Remer

[spe801]

I've tried my hardest to find Federal ancestors but all of mine fought for the Confederacy.

Infantry
42nd Mississippi
15th Mississippi
25th Mississippi
17th Mississippi
25th Tennessee
22nd Tennessee
7th Tennessee
2nd Confederate

Cavalry
28th Mississippi
5th Mississippi
23rd Tennessee
15th Tennessee
6th Mississippi Battalion
3rd Tennessee (Forrest's own regiment)

And a few home guard units for the ones who were wounded.

I come from Scottish, Danish, Norman, and German ancestry mostly. Heavy on the Scottish.

[PGT Beauregard]

These are the units my ancestors served in:

Infantry
26th Louisiana Infantry
18th Louisiana Infantry
10th Battalion Louisiana Infantry
28th Louisiana Infantry
2nd Louisiana Reserve Corps

Cavalry

2nd Louisiana Calvary
7th Louisiana Calvary

There are a few others, but I seem to have misplaced my list.

[Billy-Yank]

http://valleyforgevolunteerchapter.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/John-Milton-Whitehead.jpg

Meet my Great-great grandfather, Chaplain John Whitehead. He served in the 15th Indiana Volunteer Regiment and earned the Medal of Honor for heroic actions during the Battle of Stones River. In fact, he is the ancestor I am named after. The after action reports state that he pulled a large amount of wounded soldiers from the front lines unassisted, estimated around 30 men retrieved.

[Sorta]

Meet my Great-great grandfather, Chaplain John Whitehead. He served in the 15th Indiana Volunteer Regiment and earned the Medal of Honor for heroic actions during the Battle of Stones River. In fact, he is the ancestor I am named after. The after action reports state that he pulled a large amount of wounded soldiers from the front lines unassisted, estimated around 30 men retrieved.

That's really cool, what a badass dude

[Mi'kmaq]

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/73/86/67/738667b64092e98e43c3c190e0a7531e.jpg

Heres a picture of my 5th great-grandpa, Colonel George Washington Riddle. Served in the 144th Regiment Indiana Volunteers.

[A. P. Hill]

Heres a picture of my 5th great-grandpa, Colonel George Washington Riddle. Served in the 144th Regiment Indiana Volunteers.

Nice, I guess my relative were afraid of cameras.

[Mi'kmaq]

Nice, I guess my relative were afraid of cameras.

Wouldn't be surprising. My great-great grandma thought they were created by Satan or something of the sort.

[Simon445]

Wouldn't be surprising. My great-great grandma thought they were created by Satan or something of the sort.

Why would you be afraid of cameras? For glory of Satan ofcourse.

[Zir Badger]

I dunno, i'm gonna guess Vikings?

[MrAmerican]

Well i really dont have a lot of knowledge of my family... but I know I am (on my dad's side) Celtic and Norwegian... on my mom's side I'm Italian.
I know way more on my mom's side than my fathers.
I come from the Mafia (our family broke, one half went to America, the other half stayed in Sicily).
My Grandmother's great or just regular grandfather started a town in Missouri that was like called Jolly Mills or something like that.
That side also owned a prison in Texas which is now a museum...

On my dad's side it primarily Military, they fought in every american war from the revoluntionary war and up... and before that they smuggled sugar (way later they smuggled booze down the marshes) through all the creeks and marshes out here on the East Coast.

[CjkCJkCjk]

I know very little past my grandfather and his brothers and sisters but here it is, my grandfather served in the national guard right before Vietnam and participated in the Rochester race riots https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1964_Rochester_race_riot he was a cook XD, I know a few of my great uncle's served, 1 in WWII i believe maybe Korea and Vietnam I don't know, my grandfather retired from service as a Specialist 4th class? or 5th I really can't remember

[Henronicus]

I'm a bit German on both sides of my family, though more on my Mom's side. My great grandpa was from Norway, and also on my mom's side is a bit of English, and then there's some Greek on my dad's side. However, the two main ones are Deutsch(showing off my insanely limited knowledge of the language) and Norwegian(badass vikings ftw)

As for military history in America, my ancestors were here:1708 then here:1709 then here 1710 and then here(korean war) 1711 and finally here: 1712

[Granath]

My ancestry that I know of consists of Scots from my mothers mothers side, I expect them to have arrived in Sweden during the 16th century, many British people came as construction workers to Gothenburg.
On my mothers fathers side, Finns, probably Swedes who lived in Finland.
Fathers mothers side, Finns and on his fathers side, Belgians.

Though that was centuries ago and my family has been Swedish since at least the 18th century so they must have had arrived earlier than that.

[Landree]

I had an ancestor who was the Regimental Adjutant for 4th Mississippi Infantry, originally being in Co. D. He survived the war having been at multiple battles such as Fort Donelson, Vicksburg, and the Siege of Atlanta - among others.

I had another ancestor I don't know much about who was with the 8th Mississippi Cavalry under Gen. Forrest. He never surrendered when the war ended. Just rode home. As some would say, "Unreconstructed".

Most famous ancestor is an uncle of mine down the line, Albert Miller Lea (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Miller_Lea) who also designed the city plan for Chattanooga, TN in addition to what you can read on his Wikipedia.

Also have a load of other information about my family and its origins as well as other conflicts, but perhaps another time. ;)

[Mi'kmaq]

http://valleyforgevolunteerchapter.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/John-Milton-Whitehead.jpg

Meet my Great-great grandfather, Chaplain John Whitehead. He served in the 15th Indiana Volunteer Regiment and earned the Medal of Honor for heroic actions during the Battle of Stones River. In fact, he is the ancestor I am named after. The after action reports state that he pulled a large amount of wounded soldiers from the front lines unassisted, estimated around 30 men retrieved.

Simply amazing that you have this information. A lot of families tuck it away and it's lost after a few generations.

[Colonel P. R. Page]

I have three WBTS ancestors that I know of.

My great, great uncle Benjamin F. West he was born in Gloucester Virginia in 1843 and served with company E in the 26th Virginia Infantry Regiment.

Benjamin caught malaria and survived the war.

He died in 1916.

His brother James also fought in the same company and was KIA at Petersburg in September 1864.

The family doesn't know where he's buried at.

I also have one from North Carolina that served with the 12th North Carolina in Company I.

He caught diphtheria and survived the war.

His name was Samuel Williams.

His son's, son Jack Williams was in the 82nd Airborne and jumped over Normandy France... 1944.

Jack's son, my father is a former United States Marine!

My dad's step grandfather served in WW2, Korea and Vietnam and also graduated from VMI.

I have his graduation sword and medals.

Every man before me...as far as I know has fought for this country.

[arpbarker]

English/Irish/Russian/Spanish Heritage here, but British all the way.

At the time of the American Civil War, my family would of been in Tsarist Russia, Britain and Ireland - all steerage.

I had family killed in the First War, recorded.

Rifleman Aubrey Gluck is my great great great uncle and is listed on the Ploegsteert Wood Memorial.

[JaegerCoyote]

I had third times great grandfather who served in the 28th Iowa Infantry, he wounded and captured at Cedar Creek. Also great grandfather in the Navy in WWI and WWII, and also two great granduncles who fought in WWI in the Imperial Germany Army, they were killed in action in France.

[Edvard]

Both of my grandfathers served in the Finnish army during ww2. One as artilleryman and one as infantryman and I'v got a picture of him here :


http://i.imgur.com/ACLmY7M.jpg

[Fredrick]

Well, my family wasn't here in Canada for a very long time, but uh. I am Indian, not Native Americans, my family came from India and we are Sikhs. My grandfather, served in the Indian Army and fought in the Indo-Pakistani war of 1971. He fought in East Pakistan, which now known as Bangladesh.

[Verdaka]

I know that i am of Irish, English, Danish/Scandinavian, and Scottish descent. I have several Scottish kings and Viking Chieftains in my lineage, and the Vikings who conquered the Orkney Island. There is some proof for me being related to Ivar the Boneless. Oh and i'm related to Bloody Mary

There is a lot more that i know of but these are the highlights.

As for Civil War i haven't verified this but i'm pretty sure I am related to a private that fought in the North Carolinian Infatry

[Brooklyn]

My Great-Grandfather was in US Army during the Great War fighting on the Western Front. My Grandfather was in the US Army during the Second World War fighting in the ETO where he was wounded by a hand grenade. Also two of my Grandfathers cousins were in WWII one being in the Navy and the other working on B-17's in England.

[TrustyJam]

I know that i am of Irish, English, Danish/Scandinavian, and Scottish descent. I have several Scottish kings and Viking Chieftains in my lineage, and the Vikings who conquered the Orkney Island. There is some proof for me being related to Ivar the Boneless. Oh and i'm related to Bloody Mary

There is a lot more that i know of but these are the highlights.

As for Civil War i haven't verified this but i'm pretty sure I am related to a private that fought in the North Carolinian Infatry

You've almost certainly got norwegian blood in your veins then. They concentrated on taking Orkney and northern Scotland while we Danes went for England. :)

- Trusty

[Mi'kmaq]

I don't know to much about my family history, all I really know is that we came from France and spain mostly and that family has native American blood, apache and houma Indian from what my family has told me.

Most older folks know the specifics. I'd be willing to help if you ever need any assistance building a tree :3

[Mi'kmaq]

Both of my grandfathers served in the Finnish army during ww2. One as artilleryman and one as infantryman and I'v got a picture of him here :


http://i.imgur.com/ACLmY7M.jpg

Great photo!

[Landree]

I love that Puukko! The Continuation War was very bloody. Did he survive the war?

[Challis89]

My dad's working on the family tree but nothing to famous his sides English tho laces with Scots and my mums sides pure Scots. Only really interesting ancestor I know about that's been in a major war was a great great grandad who was killed whilst serving on the first ship to be sunk in Ww1 he was a stoker had no chance. My other great grandfather was a driver in the army in ww2

[Ruggedfun]

I know that my great great uncle was a mercantile marine (Merchant Navy) in WW1 and took the role of First officer (was a captain in his own right) on the SS Minnehaha to get back to England from America for some reason, and the ship was torpedoed by U-48 and it sunk within 4 minutes, he gave his lifebelt to an injured man. and the sum of £100 was sent by an american friend so set up a memorial fund for which the vicar of the church to give away to the needy women of the town, you can dive down to see the ship as it sunk off the coast of Bantry Bay Ireland. I also know somewhere along the lines there's something to with Jackson & Jackson the silversmiths of London. and also when London was alot smaller, an ancestor was the mayor of London. and i also had an ancestor who was a Captain in the Army and was at Gallipoli, which he survived.

Will post more if i find anything else of interest.

[Arkansan]

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SGT. John W. Harness-
This is my 4th Great Grandfather. He was apart of the Arkansas Peace Society at the beginning of the war. (They were a local community/militia that wanted to stay out of the war.) The Confederacy went and force marched the lot to the the old Arkansas Capitol. Upon arrival, the last 2 men in chains were hung in front of the rest. They were given the option of enlisting in the Confederate Ranks or death. Sometime after enlisting, John was able to get away and ended up joining the 3rd Arkansas Cavalry, Company M. for the Feds. He and his younger cousin were the only known members of my family to join the Federals. The image is him as a Sgt in his Cavalry Uniform
HARNESS, JOHN W. Sgt - Enl 28 Jan 1864 at Little Rock, AR. Ht 6' 1/2", eyes drk, hair drk, complx drk, farmer, age 22, born in Prairie Co, TN. Disch 22 May 1865 at Lewisburg, AR.

HARNESS, ROAN Pvt - Enl 2 Feb 1864 at Little Rock, AR. Ht 5' 9", eyes blue, hair drk, complx fair, farmer, age 18, born in Searcy Co, AR. Disch 22 May 1865 at Lewisburg, AR. (http://www.couchgenweb.com/civilwar/3cavcom.html)



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My Father on the left when he was in the National Guard. He was deployed to Panama.

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Me deployed to Afghanistan 2013-2014. I was stationed at Rose Barracks, Germany near the Czech Republic border in 2nd Cavalry, 4th Squadron, Nemesis Troop, 1st/Red Platoon. 19D Cavalry Scout

[Mi'kmaq]

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SGT. John W. Harness-
This is my 4th Great Grandfather. He was apart of the Arkansas Peace Society at the beginning of the war. (They were a local community/militia that wanted to stay out of the war.) The Confederacy went and force marched the lot to the the old Arkansas Capitol. Upon arrival, the last 2 men in chains were hung in front of the rest. They were given the option of enlisting in the Confederate Ranks or death. Sometime after enlisting, John was able to get away and ended up joining the 3rd Arkansas Cavalry, Company M. for the Feds. He and his younger cousin were the only known members of my family to join the Federals. The image is him as a Sgt in his Cavalry Uniform
HARNESS, JOHN W. Sgt - Enl 28 Jan 1864 at Little Rock, AR. Ht 6' 1/2", eyes drk, hair drk, complx drk, farmer, age 22, born in Prairie Co, TN. Disch 22 May 1865 at Lewisburg, AR.

HARNESS, ROAN Pvt - Enl 2 Feb 1864 at Little Rock, AR. Ht 5' 9", eyes blue, hair drk, complx fair, farmer, age 18, born in Searcy Co, AR. Disch 22 May 1865 at Lewisburg, AR. (http://www.couchgenweb.com/civilwar/3cavcom.html)

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My Father on the left when he was in the National Guard. He was deployed to Panama.

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Me deployed to Afghanistan 2013-2014. I was stationed at Rose Barracks, Germany near the Czech Republic border in 2nd Cavalry, 4th Squadron, Nemesis Troop, 1st/Red Platoon. 19D Cavalry Scout

Got the biggest grin on my face when I saw "Arkansas Peace Society". My 4th and 5th great grandfathers also served in the 3rd Arkansas Cavalry and 1st Arkansas Infantry. I recently got a hold of some documents off of Fold3. God bless that site. I don't live that far from Searcy. Plan to visit their graves soon! :)

http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers-detail.htm?soldierId=EDD653D1-DC7A-DF11-BF36-B8AC6F5D926A

Thank you for your service, sir! :D

[Arkansan]

Got the biggest grin on my face when I saw "Arkansas Peace Society". My 4th and 5th great grandfathers also served in the 3rd Arkansas Cavalry and 1st Arkansas Infantry. I recently got a hold of some documents off of Fold3. God bless that site. I don't live that far from Searcy. Plan to visit their graves soon! :)

http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers-detail.htm?soldierId=EDD653D1-DC7A-DF11-BF36-B8AC6F5D926A

Thank you for your service, sir! :D

Were your grandfathers also in the Peace Society and forced to fight??
I found one of your grandfathers listed on the same roster as mine in Company K. Here he is! :D
SISK, ARTHUR R. Pvt - Enl 1 Feb 1864 at Wileys Cove, AR. Ht 5' 10 1/2", eyes gray, hair drk, complx fair, farmer, age 33, born in Wayne Co, TN. Discharged 22 May 1865.

SISK, SAMUEL A. Sgt - Enl 5 Feb 1864 at Wileys Cove, AR. Ht 5' 10", eyes blue, hair lt, complx fair, farmer, age 25, born in Wayne Co, TN. Discharged 22 May 1865. (http://www.couchgenweb.com/civilwar/3cavcok.html)

I know you listed Arthur, I'm guessing the other is related like mine, being from the same area with the same name. 3rd Arkansas Cavalry has pretty good records compared to 1st Arkansas XD
I also attend college in Searcy now everyweekday on my GI bill. We are probably pretty close!

[Mi'kmaq]

Were your grandfathers also in the Peace Society and forced to fight??
I found one of your grandfathers listed on the same roster as mine in Company K. Here he is! :D
SISK, ARTHUR R. Pvt - Enl 1 Feb 1864 at Wileys Cove, AR. Ht 5' 10 1/2", eyes gray, hair drk, complx fair, farmer, age 33, born in Wayne Co, TN. Discharged 22 May 1865.

SISK, SAMUEL A. Sgt - Enl 5 Feb 1864 at Wileys Cove, AR. Ht 5' 10", eyes blue, hair lt, complx fair, farmer, age 25, born in Wayne Co, TN. Discharged 22 May 1865. (http://www.couchgenweb.com/civilwar/3cavcok.html)

I know you listed Arthur, I'm guessing the other is related like mine, being from the same area with the same name. 3rd Arkansas Cavalry has pretty good records compared to 1st Arkansas XD
I also attend college in Searcy now everyweekday on my GI bill. We are probably pretty close!

That I am not sure. All I know is that both of my 4th great-grandfathers were Southern Unionists. The other grandfather was Calloway Hodges. He served in the 1st Arkansas Infantry. I do know that several relatives, but not direct ancestors, were involved with the Peace Society.

Samuel Sisk was Arthur's brother :)

I live a few counties away from Searcy, so we are quite close! xD

[Edvard]

I love that Puukko! The Continuation War was very bloody. Did he survive the war?

Yes he did and only got wounded from grenade fragment to his chest. Unfortunately he became an alcoholic after the war for various reasons for example executing an unarmed soviet soldier by order of the officer in command.

Edit: And yes one badass Puukko it is :) Nice to see some knowledge of the Finnish history as well! Many lost their lives for Finland and freedom. And still have homeland defense willingness at 76% which is quite high in Europe.

[Landree]

A friend of mine owns an original French AT gun that was captured in France in 1940, sold to the Finnish government, used for a short time (probably due to the lack of munitions for the gun) and was stored in a warehouse for many years. The elevation and traverse were as smooth as silk - odd for a weapon 80 years old.

I have a friend who formally joined the Finnish Army and is something like a sergeant now. From him I learned about y'all's huge carved wooden penises. Must be an army thing. xD

I also had a girl I liked from there. Just about every Finnish woman I've ever met has been absolutely gorgeous.

So yeah, I know a little about your country. Less than what you probably know about mine. :P

EDIT: My greatgrandfather John Rex Allison was with the 66th Field Artillery Corps with the 146th (if my memory serves me correctly) Field Artillery Regiment from Washington state. When they first formed, they had no uniforms and drilled on faux guns made from wagons and telegram poles. When they were transferred to NC to be federalized, their officers were not cleared for commission just yet, so were instead NCOs. They got their uniforms and guns as well. For most of them, it was their first time ever seeing black people.

They were in every major US engagement of WWI and he had buddies blown up next to him. He was gassed by mustard gas, but survived. He was always smoking his pipe and died in his 80s from lung cancer - probably weakened from the gassing and the smoking. My youngest brother is named after him.

[Edvard]

All of the Finnish men are called into service. I will step in service January 2017.

Edit: I think you mean this

http://i.imgur.com/9RQ16Hf.jpg

[Landree]

Hahaha that's it!

Good luck. :D

[Locke1740]

My ancestors were the first cotton farmers in America and fought in the French and Indian War, American Revolution, Civil War, WWI, and WWII as far as I know.

[Verdaka]

You've almost certainly got norwegian blood in your veins then. They concentrated on taking Orkney and northern Scotland while we Danes went for England. :)

- Trusty

Yeah, My mom's side are the Norwegians and Scots and my Father's side are the Swedes and Danes.

[Fredrick]

My ancestor is trash pretty much, I guess all of my ancestors were farmers or pheasants. Eh, I am Indian, the people from India you know 7/11 and Tech Support, well my grandpa served in the Indian Army and fought in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.

[TrustyJam]

My ancestor is trash pretty much, I guess all of my ancestors were farmers or pheasants. Eh, I am Indian, the people from India you know 7/11 and Tech Support, well my grandpa served in the Indian Army and fought in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.

I don't know - I think you've got a pretty cool and unique lineage there! ;)

http://www.utahbirds.org/birdsofutah/BirdsL-R_2/RingNeckedPheasantTS1.jpg

- Trusty

[Landree]

Nothing wrong with pheasants. :)

[Mi'kmaq]

Nothing wrong with pheasants. :)


Tastes pretty good fried.

[BloodBeag]

I sort of posted before but that was more of a troll
1/8th Welsh, rest English. With possibly some jewish very very far back. I had a relative who died around 1800 and lived into his 90s as well as a more recent relative born in the 1860s and dying in the 1930s so i'm hopeful that I could reach 100. 2 great grandfathers served in India in the 1920s. Great great grandad a sergeant major in the Boer war and another great grandad in the second world war who got the MM. Possibly someone fought in the 7 years war. overall, very anglo-saxon

[Sgt.Kar98]

Don't as much of my family as you people do about yours.

Not very good with proportions,but I can be considered almost half portuguese,half italian and some traces os black/indian.

Both my grandmothers families came from northern Italy before the 1910s,so I guess nobody fought at WWI,AFAIK. My grandmother on mother's side used to tell some stories or parts of memories from when she was young. Most notorious things was that my great-great-grandfather was "an enormous and reddish italian,mounted on an equally big white horse",that her relatives used to "walk across a frozen river during the winter back in Italy",and that my great grandfather was one of the few at her town that had a radio,so the whole town used to go to their house to listen to the war (WWII) news.

My grandfather family is very old (in all senses). They were here before the families of my other grandparents,but IDK exactly when they did arrive and from what part of Portugal they were. What I know is that my great grandfather worked at the railway from a town near the state borders of São Paulo-Rio de Janeiro-Minas Gerais,and I guess he had a relatively important position.
My great grandmother was daughter (or granddaughter) of blacks and indians,and that's all I know from her.
They probably had a hard time during the 1932 Revolution,as the town they all lived was very close from the hills where some battles were fought. I've heard they could even hear the gunshots.

My grandfather was from the army,serving before and during WWII. He worked with army logistics,IIRC,and was barely sent to Italy had the war dured a little more. However,he had a friend from his town that was sent and died there from a grenade explosion.
Recently,I've found w/ my grandmother a photo of them in uniform and a letter from the field surgeon to my grandfather.

[Legion]

Just found out I may have some family who fought in the 18th and 5th Louisiana. the 18th fought mostly in Louisiana but the 5th was in the eastern theater. I'm not 100% sure yet but it looks like there are quite a few people who could be of relation

[Tom Meagher]

Dad's side of the family didn't arrive in California until 1920, but we've got ancestors on that side who served with Charles XII and on the side of Otto von Bismarck during the Second Schleswig War. Mom's side are Dutch-Irish stock from upstate New York, and unfortunately we only know of one family member who served. We're fairly certain he was with a New York City volunteer unit and was killed at Gettysburg. My great-great-great grandparents were part of the Underground Railroad before the war though, and the old family house had three secret compartments.

[BloodBeag]

who has traced their family back the earliest genuinely? Not my great great grandfathers uncle married a woman whos great grandmother was a duke in England therefore I can trace back to William Normandy. not that. Furthest back my family got is 1799 because we are filthy peasants

[Challis89]

who has traced their family back the earliest genuinely? Not my great great grandfathers uncle married a woman whos great grandmother was a duke in England therefore I can trace back to William Normandy. not that. Furthest back my family got is 1799 because we are filthy peasants

my dads doing my family at the moment he has followed his male line back as far as the 1700s i believe not had a chance to see it recently and my mums fathers side into the late 1800s i think hes stopped going any further back while he looks into both grans lines. its scary how big the trees getting. No napoleonic heros so far which saddens me

[Mi'kmaq]

who has traced their family back the earliest genuinely? Not my great great grandfathers uncle married a woman whos great grandmother was a duke in England therefore I can trace back to William Normandy. not that. Furthest back my family got is 1799 because we are filthy peasants

I've done geneological work for my own family and even some friends. I started maybe two years ago. It's not uncommon many colonial Americans to be able to trace as far back as the Middle Ages. I'm not saying that to sound all high and mighty, just stating a fact. American gentry, both Northern and Southern, have kept extensive records for centuries. Bible records, letters, traditions, etc.

My family is old stock American and we can trace some lines as far back as the Middle Ages, but can only trace our direct line back to the 1700s. My mothers direct line only goes back to 1800, but some other lines go back way further.

[BloodBeag]

My grandad seems to think his great nan had an illegitimate child with either the duke of warwick or even the king at the time. He doesn't really have any proof but she worked as a gardener at the Duke's castle(?) and someone got her pregnant at some kind of party/ball. But it was someone high enough that they set her up and paid for the kid's education.

[Mi'kmaq]

My grandad seems to think his great nan had an illegitimate child with either the duke of warwick or even the king at the time. He doesn't really have any proof but she worked as a gardener at the Duke's castle(?) and someone got her pregnant at some kind of party/ball. But it was someone high enough that they set her up and paid for the kid's education.

Quite interesting! :) It's a possibility. Maybe try a DNA test?

[Legion]

Been researching my family ancestry, it turns out alot of my family fought in the war here's one I found to be pretty cool. He is my Great Great Great Grandfather

Jesse S Crosby 20th Georgia Inf.
Enlisted 1861-wounded at the battle of Gettysburg and had his leg amputated after being wounded on May 6 1864 at the Battle of the Wilderness. He was a 5Sgt

Battles fought:
Battle of Masons Hill
Battle of Yorktown
Battle of Williamsburg
Seven Days Battles
Battle of Thoroughfare Gap
Battle of 2nd Manassas
Battle of Antietam (Burnside's Bridge)
Battle of Fredericksburg
Battle of Gettysburg (Devil's Den)
Battle of Chickamauga
Siege of Chattanooga
Siege of Knoxville
Battle of Wilderness

[Locke1740]

Now that I think about it, my family has lived in South Carolina for almost 300 years, 150 of work thrown away by Sherman and 150 years of work to now, I also come from an illustrious military family. I have also traced my family back to the 1720s-1730s

[Aforgomon]

Psh, my grandpa was first generation full blooded Irish! I'll be damned if my ancestors fought in the civil war.

Oh, even though my mom's side isn't Irish, there was quite a bit of Cherokee floatin' around in there so I doubt they fought in the civil war either.

EDIT: To go more into depth, my family is one of the largest spreading I can think of. The McNamara family. We're all over the world. McNamaras (Anglicized form of Mac Conmara, shortened from Mac Con na Mara meaning "Son of the Sea Hound") can be traced back to the old lords of Thomond.

[Willy The Walrus]

I am distantly related to house spencer My great great great grandfathers served in the union army my great grandfather served in ww1 my greatuncles served in ww2 my grandfather in korea my uncle Nam and my dad was a lt.col who served in the us air force for 20-26 years.

[Hatchmo]

Pvt. William G Hatcher, Company G, 21st Georgia Infantry. Killed in action at 2nd Manassas.

[Locke1740]

Joseph Leitner, first cotton farmer in America, and Major William Zachariah Leitner, commanded Co. E, 2nd Palmetto Regiment, promoted to Major after losing right leg at Gettysburg

[crazychester1247]

I've got to many intresting ancestors to talk about but just yesterday I learned my grand-father was solely responsible for the migration of Ramps from West Virginia to about a dozen counties in Pennsylvania.
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[Ted]

To make it short: German Family, military tradition for ages.....

As far as I can go back in the main line (which reaches back to the 1850s as far as I can trace it) most ancestors were somehow part of the army, just as in nearly every German family.

I sadly do not know anything about my family in WW1. But I know that one ancestor was Colonel in the Army, commanding a Regiment in Bautzen.
My greatgrandfather used to be commander of an Antiaircraft Battery in the Wehrmacht and was awarded the Iron Cross First Class, but got arrested as POW in 1945, set free 1946. I am not exactly sure how many died in WWII, but at least 6 lost their life.

All male ancestors between these times and today served in the army for at least two years.
My father was Commander of an Antitank Cannon Section (Feldwebel) in the NVA, he would have been promoted to Lieutenant and been given Command of a Battery, but the DDR died earlier :D He doesn't care so much though as he personally hated the DDR.

My brother was the first on in this long line to NOT serve in the army - well, his decision :D I'm going to do at least one year though, if it works out I wish to study medicine as officer in the Bundeswehr.

The Problem is that the main line of my family was from East Prussia and had to resettle in the 1940s, a huge amount of knowledge was lost due to that. The other important line is a very well-known family in the region of Bautzen, it can be traced back to 1561. That's quite good, isn't it :D

[Sgt.Kar98]

Just found my grand-grandmother's family tree at a site and traced it back to the 1700. No idea who found all the info. But I estimate some of my ancestors arrived here in early 19th century.

[Alexander Wasden]

One of My ancestors was The Colonel of the 22nd Georgia during Gettysburg

[Bravescot]

One of My ancestors was The Colonel of the 22nd Georgia during Gettysburg

Do you know if he survived the battle?

[Legion]

One of My ancestors was The Colonel of the 22nd Georgia during Gettysburg

Nice man, mine was in the 20th at Gettysburg

[Alexander Wasden]

Do you know if he survived the battle?
No he didnt, on the second day of the battle his regiment, and the rest of his brigade charged the the middle of the lines, and acctually made a whole right in teh middle of the union line, but since it was only one brigade they were all pushed back. interesting thing though: after they were pushed back the COL. of the Second Rhode Island discovered that my ancestor, Joseph Wasden, was a freemason. and he was buried on the battlefield with full rights.

[Alexander Wasden]

Nice man, mine was in the 20th at Gettysburg
REALLY???? I had an ancestor who was too, his name was Alexander Wasden

[Legion]

Nice, my ancestors name was Jesse Crosby, he is my 3rd great grandfather. He was wounded at Gettysburg and lost His leg at the Battle of the Wilderness.

[Alexander Wasden]

mine died after injuries at the seven days battle

[Legion]

mine died after injuries at the seven days battle

Interesting history, So this is a different ancestor than the one you mentioned before?

[A. P. Hill]

Interesting history, So this is a different ancestor than the one you mentioned before?

Yeah, I kinda went for a loop there too.

[MadWolf]

Last time i checkt i had Treveri, Suebi and Frisii blood in my veins. Or are we just talking about american ancerstors?

[Legion]

Last time i checkt i had Treveri, Suebi and Frisii blood in my veins. Or are we just talking about american ancerstors?

I think it's everyone's ancestors, I don't think it matters if your American or not.

[Alexander Wasden]

Interesting history, So this is a different ancestor than the one you mentioned before?

Yea, Alexander Wasden was in the 20th Georgia, and Col. Joseph Wasden (who was the other one) was in the 22nd Georgia

[Mi'kmaq]

I think it's everyone's ancestors, I don't think it matters if your American or not.


Yep

[TheD3rp]

My fourth great-grandfather on my mother's side served in the 27th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment. I believe he was wounded at some point during his service.

[RhettVito]

I'm related to StoneWall Jackson http://www.warofrightsforum.com/showthread.php?1626-How-I-m-Related-to-Stone-wall-Jackson

[JubbacusMaximus]

According to ancestry.com (which I'm not sure if it's a reliable source), my earliest known ancestors from my dad's side of the family landed in Virginia from England in 1704. I don't know anything from my mom's side though. Anyway, I had a few great relatives who had served in both world wars. My grandfather wanted to enlist during the Korean War, but he was rejected due to an inadequate level of schooling or something like that. He got his hand cut off at the furniture factory where he worked a few years later and continued to work there until he retired a while back. Most of my paternal ancestors settled in Watauga in North Carolina and most of my living relatives still live there to this day.


My grandfather had two great- or great-great- uncles who had deserted from the Confederate army during the civil war. One was caught and executed, and the other one was never found. I don't know any more details other than that, so it may just be a family legend that was made up to entertain people.

My dad's cousin was killed in Vietnam in 1970 and I traced his name on the Vietnam Wall during a school trip to Washington DC. I looked him up on the Vietnam Wall's website, and found out that he was in the 101st Airborne Division.

[Legion]

According to ancestry.com (which I'm not sure if it's a reliable source), my earliest known ancestors from my dad's side of the family landed in Virginia from England in 1704. I don't know anything from my mom's side though. Anyway, I had a few great relatives who had served in both world wars. My grandfather wanted to enlist during the Korean War, but he was rejected due to an inadequate level of schooling or something like that. He got his hand cut off at the furniture factory where he worked a few years later and continued to work there until he retired a while back. Most of my paternal ancestors settled in Watauga in North Carolina and most of my living relatives still live there to this day.


My grandfather had two great- or great-great- uncles who had deserted from the Confederate army during the civil war. One was caught and executed, and the other one was never found. I don't know any more details other than that, so it may just be a family legend that was made up to entertain people.

My dad's cousin was killed in Vietnam in 1970 and I traced his name on the Vietnam Wall during a school trip to Washington DC. I looked him up on the Vietnam Wall's website, and found out that he was in the 101st Airborne Division.

Interesting history. Ancestry is reliable, it used actual documents and other things, you just have to be careful and make sure everything adds up in the family line. You can also send in your dna so they can test it, it's a good way to make sure it's correct and to find out even more. My family history was pretty easy to trace sense we've been in the US from around the late 1600s to early 1700s, but some families are harder and it can be difficult, especially sense Europe has been devastated by two world wars alot of documents and information has been lost.

[JubbacusMaximus]

I forgot to mention that I'm adopted, so I don't know much about my biological family. All of the family history in my last post is about my adoptive family who I consider to be my real family. It would be tricky to get a lot of relevant information from my biological family, because I recently found out that my biological father was adopted too. I was born with the surname "Hancock", and I always assumed that I was related to John Hancock in some way, but this new information kind of throws a wrench in the case. Oh, and my grandfather from my biological mother's side of the family had done a tour in Vietnam.

[Irish Soldier]

Ancestor in the Irish brigade, 88th NY. To make a long story short, in total 5 people who were family ore close family died in the civil war, none made it out alive, i think some died at fredericksburg and some at antietam, last one died on the 2nd day of gettysburg? (think so, i have no letter from afther the 2nd day)

[Locke1740]

Ancestor in the Irish brigade, 88th NY. To make a long story short, in total 5 people who were family ore close family died in the civil war, none made it out alive, i think some died at fredericksburg and some at antietam, last one died on the 2nd day of gettysburg? (think so, i have no letter from afther the 2nd day)

Then our ancestor fought eachother, or were pretty close!

[Irish Soldier]

M8, i have a friend on steam, who i also have as friend on fb, we are good friends and a family member of him even fought not a mile away from my last ancestor, bennings brigade, i think they were deployed at devils den, i wish i am older and have money to visit the battlefield or even just go and live in the US since i live in Belgium.

[Legion]

M8, i have a friend on steam, who i also have as friend on fb, we are good friends and a family member of him even fought not a mile away from my last ancestor, bennings brigade, i think they were deployed at devils den, i wish i am older and have money to visit the battlefield or even just go and live in the US since i live in Belgium.

Gettysburg is a great battlefield to visit, it's very well preserved (except for all the undergrowth).
My ancestor also fought in Bennings brigade, He was in the 20th Georgia and was wounded at devils den. Does your friend know what regiment of Bennings brigade his ancestor fought in?

[Snowy Owl]

As of right now I only know about my father's side from his research on Ancestry, my mother's side is still unknown to me.
But my dad's side has a pretty interesting history mostly made up of French-Canadian and Lithuanian decent.

Starting with the French-Canadian part as they were the first to go to the U.S.:
Frank Rouleau moved from Montreal to Mississippi shortly before the civil war. We don't know his reasons why. When the war broke out he joined the 2nd Battalion, Mississippi Infantry in Jackson as a Private. He would fight with the 2nd up to 1863, becoming a Corporal along the way. Shortly before the Battle of Chancellorsville he deserted and was captured by the Union. While in captivity he took an oath of allegiance to the North and moved to Philadelphia once he was released. As a side note, on almost all of his muster cards his last name was spelled wrong until he was in Union hands. Ex: Rolo

The Lithuanian side came to the U.S. under the last name of shortly before WW1 where they went from New York to Philadelphia, eventually meeting one of the descendants of Frank Rouleau. The Lithuanian last name is what would live on, going from Gricunas to the name I now have of Gritz.

[Irish Soldier]

Gettysburg is a great battlefield to visit, it's very well preserved (except for all the undergrowth).
My ancestor also fought in Bennings brigade, He was in the 20th Georgia and was wounded at devils den. Does your friend know what regiment of Bennings brigade his ancestor fought in?

I haven't talked to him for a while since he wasn't online but i think he only knew he was a Georgian

[Johann Günderson]

Ole A. Lee
15th Wisconsin "Scandinavian Regiment" Company D "Norway Wolf Hunters"
My 4x Great Uncle
Was Killed at Stone River at 17 years old
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[JRob]

I know I had a confederate in the family, but I forgot his name. I need to find out.

[Hiram Lee]

I had many ancestors who fought in the civil war one is Jeff Davis but the one i know the most about is my great grandfather who fought in ww2 as a medic had multiple purple hearts and many many awards for valor

[JRob]

Okay, dang.
My great great great grandpa was Jefferson Walls, who was in the 6th Kentucky Calvary company B. He then became a POW after being captured June 1st 1863 in Columbia, Kentucky. Jefferson enlisted with my great great great uncle as brothers at the same time. they enlisted September 8th, 1862. 9 days before Sharpsburg.

[Wildcat]

Sorry if this is my second post on this thread I might have already and forgot but here is mine:

My direct I am of Scottish ancestry, My Great Great Grandfather is who I know the most about, He was born probably as a farmers son, He then went on to join the British army during the 1890s at the age of 16 years old, He joined the Gordon Highlander's, Probably 1st or 2nd battalion, He then went to serve in the Boer war where acording to family legend he lost his leg, It is confirmed that he lost his leg but no one knows how, However family legend says he lost it in the war, After research we found he was medically discharged for a very bad illness, Since he had only one leg he could not serve in anymore wars so during WW1 he joined the Merchant Navy, When in 1920 his ship he was on sunk in the channel, Where sadly he died.

My maternal Great Grandfather was an Irish from county Mayo, He moved to Yorkshire during WW2 where he joined the York and Lancaster regiment, He served in Italy, I don't have pictures of him because all his stuff is with my great aunt, However my Grandmother who I see maybe every couple months (She lives in Yorkshire I moved down south due to my fathers job) is in possession of stuff including, A Christmas card from the 40's, British/American newspapers about the campaign in Italy, Postcards, A list of some of his kit, And some other bits and bobs.


Cool story about my Grandmothers father, He was in Sri-Lanka during WW2 when he was in the Navy, He got bombed and survived, However the flash and fire burnt his hands and face, He also probably got blinded for a few seconds, Also this is a good time to mention he could NOT swim, But he knew the ship was going down so he jumped overboard and survived after treading water for 7 HOURS!

[M. Johnson]

I don't really have too many stories to share myself about my ancestors. But two WW2 related stories I can share:

One, for instance, is that my grandfather had to serve (how surprising ;) ) with the German "Wehrmacht" in WW2 and ended up at the Eastern front in the Baltic countries, where he took a grazing shot to his right leg in/near Riga. And I recall my grandma telling me that he was super happy about it because the wound wasn't too dangerous, but enough to take him out of the "game" forever, so he didn't have to go back to the front ever again (if he would have, he would have ended up at Stalingrad with his division and probably have never returned home). He then ended up at various military hospitals between Riga and Western Germany and eventually came home.
What I remember about this is that, as a kid (my granpa died when I was like 9 or so) I was always "fascinated" with the actual bullet hole in his leg that was never closed and one could always see when he wore shorts. Also he was kinda dragging his leg behind a bit ever since as he couldn't properly bend it anymore, nor do things like riding a bicycle. Which I recall being very funny when he once tried and used the bike's pedals only with the left foot - which worked but looked super funny and we all laughed bad :D


Also another "fascinating" story about my other grandpa, who died before I was born, is that during the war, he didn't have to serve as he was an Architect of some sorts. However, when bombing got worse he was a very lucky guy. There was one! day when he didn't go to the office, for I don't remember what reason. And just that very one day, the office was bombed to rubble and pretty much everyone of his colleagues died, except of him as he didn't go that very one day.

[Wildcat]

I don't really have too many stories to share myself about my ancestors. But two WW2 related stories I can share:

One, for instance, is that my grandfather had to serve (how surprising ;) ) with the German "Wehrmacht" in WW2 and ended up at the Eastern front in the Baltic countries, where he took a grazing shot to his right leg in/near Riga. And I recall my grandma telling me that he was super happy about it because the wound wasn't too dangerous, but enough to take him out of the "game" forever, so he didn't have to go back to the front ever again (if he would have, he would have ended up at Stalingrad with his division and probably have never returned home). He then ended up at various military hospitals between Riga and Western Germany and eventually came home.
What I remember about this is that, as a kid (my granpa died when I was like 9 or so) I was always "fascinated" with the actual bullet hole in his leg that was never closed and one could always see when he wore shorts. Also he was kinda dragging his leg behind a bit ever since as he couldn't properly bend it anymore, nor do things like riding a bicycle. Which I recall being very funny when he once tried and used the bike's pedals only with the left foot - which worked but looked super funny and we all laughed bad :D


Also another "fascinating" story about my other grandpa, who died before I was born, is that during the war, he didn't have to serve as he was an Architect of some sorts. However, when bombing got worse he was a very lucky guy. There was one! day when he didn't go to the office, for I don't remember what reason. And just that very one day, the office was bombed to rubble and pretty much everyone of his colleagues died, except of him as he didn't go that very one day.

Those are two pretty cool stories, You don't hear of many WW2 stories from the German side here so nice to see some, I feel like people need to realise during WW2 most German Soldiers didn't want to be their or know what was going on behind the scenes.

[Wildcat]

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[JRob]

Here's my Great x3 grandfather, from the 6th Kentucky Calvary (CSA) Credits to MillitantMonkey for finding it for me :P
http://i.imgur.com/G4icPMS.jpg?1
Also, my x3 great uncle enlisted with Jefferson, (above) and His name was Thomas, no picture:(

[Willy The Walrus]

Well, one of my siblings managed to trace my lineage quite a far way to I believe Eleanor of Aquitaine... > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleanor_of_Aquitaine and then farther back to Richard the Lionheart. Of course those were pretty distant connections. Closer to modern day, I am related to this fella > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Peden who's last name actually shared my grandmother's maiden name so I guess I'm a straight shot from either Alexander Peden or one of his close family members.

On a side note, the same sibling mentioned before apparently discovered that we could murder something like, 320 people and inherit the throne of Britain XD

My first ancestor in America arrived in the early 1600s. I don't recall his name :/ He grew tobacco in town and was murdered during a Native raid within a few years. His three sons then decided to come to America from Britain to inherit what the father had left, and to move the rest of the family eventually to America. Some how or another one of their descendants ended up in Georgia I believe because he failed to pay some sort of tax, or held debt with someone. So he was either sent to Georgia legally because of tax evasion, or he fled to Georgia because of money he owed someone. Not quite sure on that one.

The other side of my family popped up somewhere up north and received land in the same county I currently live in for service in the Revolutionary War.

During the Civil War, most of my family served for the Confederacy. I'm sure some might have hopped on over to the Union, but most were pro-south. I don't know a whole lot about them. I know one was partial native American and had survived the war. He was later shot in the back by carpet baggers for his former service in the war.

I know I have Cherokee a few generations back, and thats about it. I guess thats just your average American ancestry. :)

I had a great grandfather who served in the 1st Infantry Division during World War 2, Korea, and later in Vietnam as a military advisor to some of the mountain natives who fought the Vietcong. He left as a master sergeant I believe, with three bronze stars, two purple hearts, and countless other campaign medals and awards. He passed away in 2004

I have a grandfather who is still with us who served on the USS Gilbert Islands during World War 2 in the Pacific. Prior to that, he was part of the detail that went into the unusable ships after Pearl Harbor and retrieved anything of value (as well as dozens of corpses :/ ). I also know that he was part of the first wave of experimental radarmen during the war.

Another grandfather served for a few years in the marines leading up to Vietnam.

I also have at least three members of my extended family in active duty.

my family is realated to the spencers which include Diana, Princess of wales and I am distantly related through the spencers marriages and births to some kings such as charles ii, edward the ii, james the ii, henry the IV of france, and emperor ferdinand I of the Holy roman Empire so I basically have a legal claim to the caladrian throne, I mean I am like what 5000th in line to the throne of england?

My first ancestor that I know of in america was a tabacco farmer in virginia in the late 1600s early 1700s.The British Marched across my family's farm towards yorktown.

another one of my ancestors between 1800-1840 was hanged for some reason it says that in his will he gave his slaves to his children.

I have 3 x3 great grandfathers who fought in the civil war all union cavalry their regiments being the 10th illinois cavalry, 5th kansas cavalry, and 1st missouri, I also remember hearing that they had some brothers who fought in the war too.

My great grandfather was in the army during ww1.

my grandpas brothers served in ww2 1 pilot who flew a b17 in the pacific and a pilot in europe who was a gunner on a b29 and another brother who was in the 102nd ozark.

Grandpa was a corporal and a clerk in the 5th armored division during the korean war *his clerking skills were noted by higher ranking soldiers*.

Uncle by marriage was in the army during 'nam.

dad was in airforce for 26 years and was a lieutenant colonel.

my aunt was also in the military.

2 of my cousins are in the army.

Also rithal I will bite your ankles for the english throne. I am greedy I have a claim to the french and holy roman empire thrones.

[Locke1740]

Couple days ago I found out I am related to two Major Generals

And I have also been looking at the Library of congress newspaper archive called "Chronicling America" and found some stuff about my civil war ancestors during his years as Secretary of State of SC. Here sre some links
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/ - to home page

http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/2012218613/1886-08-11/ed-1/seq-1/#date1=1881&index=17&rows=20&words=Leitner+LEITNER&searchType=basic&sequence=0&state=South+Carolina&date2=1888&proxtext=Leitner&y=17&x=27&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1&fullscreen=true - Something in my 2nd cousin

[Wildcat]

I saw someone else say they were descendent of Scottish Covenanters I know my family were Covenanters throughout the English Civil war.

Also a bit of kinda boring History of my Mothers Mothers family prior to her dad and mum being in the Navy their wasn't much war history however her fathers side were the typical Yorkshire Mill-Worker, They worked from their cottage near Hebden Bridge and were pretty wealthy I think because my Great Great Aunt (not sure if that is right it is my Great Grandfathers siter) was kicked out of the family for getting Married to someone of Lower Class, They hated her so much she had to be burried in a different church and they NEVER spoke, And my Great Grandfathers Brother was a bit of a dick because when my Great Grandfather (who I will call Jack from now that was his nickname) was in the War (WW2) he sent money home to his family but his brother kept stealing it and spent it on booze...

More: My Mother Fathers Mother was from County Mayo just like his Dad however her family had been living between Keithly (Yorkshire) and Mayo because back in the 1840s my great something grandfather moved to Keithly because of the Famine, And ever since they have been living inbetween the two places.

Also my Grandfather (mothers father) was an Architect and Designed alot around Halifax and Leeds (Yorkshire), His cousins back in the 80s bought a large mansion for fairly cheep, My Grandad designed the insides of it and now his cousins still own it and it is a huge Nursing Home and now they are pretty much Millionaires and I think they got the mansion for about £500k called Herncliffe.

[dmurray6]

The ancestors that I know about back to the American Civil War are in my signatures. But I am not 100% certain that is an all-inclusive list, as my genealogy efforts still continue. I had a grandfather that served in the 1st Marine Division, George Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, in the South Pacific. His primary mos was machine gun crewman while secondary mos was mortar crewman. He was enlisted between 1942 and 1946, but arrived in the Pacific in time to take part in the landings on Peleliu and Okinawa. Since then there have been plenty other military members of the family.

[Locke1740]

just got some new stuff from my 2nd cousin
distant
John Taylor-came to Elizabeth City, VA in 1620 on the ship "Swan" from London (age 34)
Rebecca Taylor-came to Elizabeth City, VA in 1623 on the ship "Margaret and John" from London (age 22)
John Taylor-came to Virginia in 1635 on the ship "Safety" from London (age 18)

close, and some of the first settlers in sc
Stephen Taylor-came to Charleston, SC from somewhere in England in 1671
then a couple others came over in the late 1600s and early 1700s to Charleston, SC

[Davdavolio]

My family has not a military tradition as many in this forum. My Swiss grand-father served as a border guard during ww2, and something like an Italian grand-uncle was a partisan in the Italian mountains during ww2. My brother has served as a radio-man in the swiss militia, and an Italian uncle was paratrooper in the Folgore

[Wildcat]

I found out a new thing about one of my Ancestors.

I already talked about this one but ima do it again incase people didn't see: My Great Great Grandfather was in the 1st Battalion Gordon Highlanders during the 2nd Boer war, His name was Robert, He lost his leg during the war and was listed seriously ill, He came back and joined the Merchant navy where he worked throughout the 1st World War, But his Brother William joined the 2nd Battalion Gordon Highlanders in the 1st World War and died at the 1st Battle of Ypres on the 31st of October 1914, He is buried in France.

Also my Father was in the Royal Marines but after a year he transferred to the Royal Navy to become a Medic Troop where he went on Operations with the Royal Marines, His last operation was 2011 on the Flagship HMS Albion in Libya.

[Diversey]

My grand-grand father fought in WW1 and WW2 for the great country of... Poland. That's all I know.

[JohnMeow]

I know that i have two great uncles who fought in WW2 at the Battle of the Bulge, however there is one member of my family who claims he has roots to the revolution and i also know for a fact my family was here during the Civil War but i'm not sure if anyone in my family fought.

[Oleander]

I have 9 that I know of during the war, all are on my father's mother's side of the family in NC. My grandfather's are in GA and the records are not quite as good, I'm fairly certain I had at least one through him. My mother's family is a bit of a toss up, her family is from up around WV before they moved to FL, plus my grandfather was adopted so I have no idea where to look so that side of the family is up in the air.

The interesting thing about those on my father's side is they were all very closely related. The initial volunteer, Nelson Scott, joined the Charlotte Artillery, Co. C 10th NCST, 1st NC Art'y, in May of 1861, served through the war and was listed as AWOL in Feb 1865, though he shows up again on the muster roll in March. They spent a fair amount of time in the state as a home guard, and he received several furloughs, but given the timing he likely got cut off as Sherman was coming into the state. My grandmother has told me several times, that her great grandmother had her hands slammed in a door jamb by Union soldiers several times as they attempted to find any hidden Confederates. Given the stories of looting during the sacking of Atlanta and Raleigh, I'd say this is most likely true. One of the interesting notes I've found is how during day 3 at Gettysburg, the battery was down to 12 rounds before they were ordered to cease fire.

He enlisted with his new brother-in-law, John Stutz, into the same company, which I believe was in an effort to keep an eye on him while he was away from his new bride. ;) John was wounded at Curl's Neck, part of the battle of Fraiser's Farm. He was shown to be captured on 5 July 1863 at Greencastle, which would be the fighting at Monterey Pass when Kilpatrick was raiding the wagon train of Lee's army on the retreat from Gettysburg back to Sharpsburg. He was then sent to Point Lookout, the muster sheets show Ft. Delaware but he was actually sent to Maryland, and stayed there until October 1864 when he signed the Oath of Allegiance and enrolled in the 4th US Volunteers Company A, I can imagine after a year there he was ready to leave.

Nelson's brother James enlisted in Co. E 44th NC in March 1862, his other brother Stephen enlisted in the same company. Stephen was wounded, I don't recall exactly where, I believe it was at the Battle of the Wilderness. James was captured at Hatcher's Run on 1 April 1865 and sent to Point Lookout, was released on 20 June 1865. There's a movie about this battle the Greg Starbuck made that I really need to watch.

Isaac Brady, a cousin to the Scott brothers, enlisted in Co. E of the 44th as well in April 1862. He was wounded by an explosion, most likely a shell at King's School House, or the Battle of Oak Hill as it's called now. The explosion cost him most of his eyesight.

William Scott, the oldest of the brothers, enlisted in Co. B 52nd NC in March 1862. The 52nd was part of Pettigrew's Brigade during the battle, they were engaged with the 26th NC on July 1st. William survived the first day, but received a wound to his right arm during the assault on the third day, they were one of the few that made it to the stone wall. He was captured the same day and sent to Fort Delaware.

I don't have the notes on the others with me, but they were all cousins.

[Eduard_Dietl]

My Great Uncle was a medic in the 9th Army during the Second World War, I have about 20 or so photos from his service over there.
If anyone is interested in seeing them, I might make a thread or something to show them all.
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That's his Identification Card, I did a pretty terrible job at scanning them so I'll probably redo them completely.

[TooYoungForWar]

My brother's name is Richard Ross IV. my father is Richard Ross III. his father is II. it skipped a few generations, but the first Richard Ross was a Scotsman and civil war veteran. He fought in the Crimean War as well as the Civil. He was in Scott's 900, and fought and survived Antietam. Not sure what other battles he saw. He was captured on two separate occasions and escaped both times. When he was initially captured, he was taken away and allowed to stay in the home of a relative of President Polk. This Polk was a Mason, and invited Sergeant Ross to stay at his home because he saw Ross had a Mason pin on his uniform. We have a document hanging in our home, I think its an official note of his promotion to sergeant. He has a small mention in this book, wherein i found his picture (my avatar pic): https://www.amazon.com/Story-Cavalry-Regiment-Eleventh-1861-1865/dp/1296517209/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=
my mother was interested in genealogy and found this all a while ago

[Bill Adams]

Im italian and i dont know much of my ancestors before 20th century.My grandma's dad Fought in WW1 in italian army in italian front. One uncle of my father called " Nevio " fought in greece during ww2. He was present in the Cefalonia massacre where 5155 italian POW's got executed by nazis. He was one of the few if not the only survivor. When he saw all germans coming he initally fought but when everyone surrendered he escaped and been in greece for 2 years making people think he was a poor beggar, he grew also a long beard. At war's end he returned to italy and lived until 82 years old.

[JDwoody]

One of my ancestors was Silas Soule, an Army officer who refused to participate in the Sand Creek Massacre.

[PikeStance]

Within my father's line, we had two who fought in the American Civil War
Two brothers: Armand and Anatole.
Armand is my Great, Great, Great- Grandfather.

Both brothers joined the 5th Co. Washington Artillery. Armand was wounded in action during the Battle of Rosaca in May 1864. He later died of his wounds in Jonesboro, Ga.
Anatole would survive the war. The family still has the badge that the Co. wore. Unfortunately, an old aunt converted to jewelry so it is not in its original condition.

In the 90s, I belong to a reenactment group that portrayed the same company. I would later make it to a reenactment of the same battle which was cool.


Outside of the Civil War, my grandfather was a colonel who tested ordinances during WW2. The other one drove the amphibious crafts.


Going further back in time. My relative also was a founder of Mobile and New Orleans. He even provided testimony to the integrity of Bienville. His nephew would be one of the people that revolted against Spain when Spain acquired Louisiana from France. He was executed.

[Colonel Potter]

We had a lot of Potter kin in the Civil War. Here is Albert Potter in the picture in the middle , the two gentlemen with wooden legs are brother in laws that had legs lost at Gettysburg , since they were missing opposite feet they used to buy and share 1 pair of shoes!

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