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Anyone of you baws interested in Civil War geneology?
Posted on 1/24/20 at 11:12 pm
Posted on 1/24/20 at 11:12 pm
There are gravesites in a cemetery in LaGrange, GA that need to get back to Virginia, Mississippi, Texas, Louisiana, Tennessee and Kentucky.
The soldiers in said site died in "The Battle for Atlanta" and were shipped on the rails southward due to Sherman and his "march".
Their bodies rest in a very old Cemetery, and LaGrange would like to see these soldiers back home.
Some gravestones have a dying age of 15, 16, 17 an 18 year olds at the time.
Please contact the Troup County Historical Society for further information/documentation.
1-706-883-2030
The soldiers in said site died in "The Battle for Atlanta" and were shipped on the rails southward due to Sherman and his "march".
Their bodies rest in a very old Cemetery, and LaGrange would like to see these soldiers back home.
Some gravestones have a dying age of 15, 16, 17 an 18 year olds at the time.
Please contact the Troup County Historical Society for further information/documentation.
1-706-883-2030
This post was edited on 1/24/20 at 11:14 pm
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Posted on 1/24/20 at 11:18 pm to GEORGIATECH_Tiger
Need to get them baws back home.
Posted on 1/24/20 at 11:20 pm to CapstoneGrad06
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Need to get them baws back home
SOUTHS GON RISE AGAIN (out of their graves to be moved back home)
Posted on 1/24/20 at 11:22 pm to GEORGIATECH_Tiger
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Their bodies rest in a very old Cemetery, and LaGrange would like to see these soldiers back home.
Why?
Posted on 1/24/20 at 11:43 pm to GetCocky11
The Confederate States, at the end of the war, recruited very young.
Many of those recruits in the war were 13-16 year olds. We were absolutely desperate.
The LaGrange Cemetery has the cause of death as "bullet-wounds" and disease.
The War at that time was indiscriminate and vicious.
I think that we should show some respect at the moment.
The gravemarks in this area are fading into the Earth, and I think that you owe these "people" a bit of gratitude.
Many of those recruits in the war were 13-16 year olds. We were absolutely desperate.
The LaGrange Cemetery has the cause of death as "bullet-wounds" and disease.
The War at that time was indiscriminate and vicious.
I think that we should show some respect at the moment.
The gravemarks in this area are fading into the Earth, and I think that you owe these "people" a bit of gratitude.
This post was edited on 1/24/20 at 11:49 pm
Posted on 1/24/20 at 11:44 pm to GEORGIATECH_Tiger
post this on the OT board man. Might get more clicks
Posted on 1/24/20 at 11:47 pm to GEORGIATECH_Tiger
I think what getcocky is asking is why does the city of Lagrange want them moved? Why not let them rest in peace? Were the graves lost and recently rediscovered or something? I had several direct ancestors who fought in the War of Northern Aggression.
This post was edited on 1/24/20 at 11:48 pm
Posted on 1/25/20 at 12:06 am to Shorty_price
There is creek that is flooding it and the people in the city no longer care about it.
Those people died for the South.
They literally went to war for your ancestors and put their lives on the line for you.
A level of respect is certainly in order.
Those people died for the South.
They literally went to war for your ancestors and put their lives on the line for you.
A level of respect is certainly in order.
Posted on 1/25/20 at 12:12 am to GEORGIATECH_Tiger
I don't think anybody has tried to disrespect anything man. Just asking questions.
Has the creek never flooded before?
Is there some sort of "ethnic cleansing" in Lagrange that's pushing the city to want to relocate the graves?
Has the creek never flooded before?
Is there some sort of "ethnic cleansing" in Lagrange that's pushing the city to want to relocate the graves?
Posted on 1/25/20 at 1:07 am to GEORGIATECH_Tiger
Usually if something (buried remains) has been in place oh say for over 100 years it’s not usually best practice moving anything anywhere at that point.
Very expensive and nothing will go as planned because I’m assuming those pine boxes are no longer solid and will all fall apart.
Everyone like another poster respects our country’s veterans North or South but this is just a bad idea. Let them be.
Very expensive and nothing will go as planned because I’m assuming those pine boxes are no longer solid and will all fall apart.
Everyone like another poster respects our country’s veterans North or South but this is just a bad idea. Let them be.
Posted on 1/25/20 at 1:35 am to AustinKnight
Pretty sure the guys who were buried don't really care.
Posted on 1/25/20 at 1:41 am to Shorty_price
155 years.
Those guys literally fought during the administration of Abraham Lincoln.
Those guys literally fought during the administration of Abraham Lincoln.
Posted on 1/25/20 at 2:01 am to GEORGIATECH_Tiger
Gettysburg
Antietam
Vicksburg
Bull Run
all have names on their tombstones.
What will your's say?
Antietam
Vicksburg
Bull Run
all have names on their tombstones.
What will your's say?
Posted on 1/25/20 at 3:40 am to GEORGIATECH_Tiger
I love civil war history.
Posted on 1/25/20 at 3:47 am to GEORGIATECH_Tiger
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What will your's say?
IDGAF. It can say whatever it likes. If anyone cares to do so, someone else can look at my life and determine what purpose it served after I'm gone.
Cemeteries and Funeral Homes are for the living. The dead have moved on. Time for us to do so too.
This post was edited on 1/25/20 at 3:07 pm
Posted on 1/25/20 at 6:28 am to GEORGIATECH_Tiger
tfrickinGOAT!
Posted on 1/25/20 at 6:50 am to PhilipMarlowe
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tfrickinGOAT!
Yes, my ancestor, the Wizard of the Saddle, was tfrickinGOAT!
Posted on 1/25/20 at 7:21 am to GEORGIATECH_Tiger
Clearly their family members weren't too concerned about it because those bodies are still there.
Let it go.
Let it go.
Posted on 1/25/20 at 7:23 am to Rocket Surgeon
quote:Gen. NBF.....
Yes, my ancestor, the Wizard of the Saddle, was tfrickinGOAT!
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