Memorial Day Pictures from the 1860s

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I would have posted some from the South only I never found any.

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PA  Say What Saturday: Gettysburg National Cemetery

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National Cemeteries

Gettysburg was the 1st​ National Cemetery established due to the high number of casualties from the 3 day battle. With over 3,500 Union soldiers dead upon the fields---let alone the corresponding number of Confederate dead, Gettysburg was a scene from Dante’s Inferno come to life!

The 17 acre cemetery was to be dedicated in November of 1863 with the famed orator of Massachusetts Edward Everett to be the main speaker. As we know, the President was a last minute addition invited by David Wills to deliver “…a few appropriate remarks.” History was changed by one man’s afterthought which permitted a great...

★★★  Morriss, Robert Fielding, Volunteer Aide and Militia Colonel, VA - Forgotten Officer Friday

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Robert Fielding Morriss

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Born: February 15, 1831

Birthplace: Amherst County, Virginia

Father: Richard Gregory Morriss 1795 – 1867

Mother: Elizabeth Ann Yancey 1794 – 1877

Wife: Emma Wilson 1838 –

Married:
September 13, 1854 in Baltimore, Maryland

Children:

Chapman Wilson Morriss 1863 – 1941​
Robert Fielding Morriss Jr. 1871 – 1947​
(Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia)​

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Jackson Memorial Medal
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Great mail day today, had 2 really cool items show up, this is the first.

Pictured is a wartime (!) unofficial, Confederate medal, intended to be awarded to members of the famous “Stonewall Brigade”. The medals were commissioned by a private southern citizen in 1864. Intended to be awarded to members of Jackson’s old brigade the medals successfully ran the Union blockade only to be lost in a storehouse as the Union advanced into Georgia. These medals were rediscovered in the 1880s and sold by the Daughters of the Confederacy to fund homes for Confederate Vets. This example is in absolutely beautiful condition with nearly all the silver finish remaining.

The medal features a bust of...

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 ★ ★   Buford, John

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John Buford Jr.
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Born: March 4, 1826
Birthplace: Woodford County, Kentucky
Father: Colonel John Buford Sr. 1778 – 1847
Mother: Ann B. Watson
Wife: Martha McDowell “Pattie” Duke 1830 – 1903

Children:
James Duke Buford 1855 – 1874​
(Buried: Georgetown Cemetery, Georgetown, Kentucky)​
Pattie McDowell Duke Buford 1857 – 1863​
(Buried: Georgetown Cemetery, Georgetown, Kentucky)​

Education:
1848: Graduated from West Point Military...​

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