Hi everyone,
I went to Alabama back in March and my family took me to a number of places, Montgomery,Prattville,Alexander City, and Selma. on the way back, we stopped at Live Oak Cemetery in Selma. A very old cemetery where a former vice president is buried, also a relative of Mary Lincoln is buried. I didn't get a chance but to look at a few confederate graves.Marked by a iron cross marker and small battle flags.The photo that is attached is one of significant Civil War history:
Catesby ap Roger Jones April 15,1821-June 20,1877
Captain Confederate States Navy
Here is some of what Wikipedia has about him:
Catesby ap Roger Jones was an officer in the U.S. Navy who became a commander in the Confederate Navy during the American Civil War. He assumed command of CSS Virginia during the Battle of Hampton Roads and engaged the USS Monitor in that world famous battle of the two iron clads.During the Battle of Hampton Roads, when her Commanding Officer, Captain Franklin Buchanan, was wounded in the March 8, 1862 attack on USS Cumberland and Congress, Jones temporarily took command, leading the ship during her historic engagement with USS Monitor on the following day.
Captain Jones' mother was a cousin of General Robert E. Lee.
I went to Alabama back in March and my family took me to a number of places, Montgomery,Prattville,Alexander City, and Selma. on the way back, we stopped at Live Oak Cemetery in Selma. A very old cemetery where a former vice president is buried, also a relative of Mary Lincoln is buried. I didn't get a chance but to look at a few confederate graves.Marked by a iron cross marker and small battle flags.The photo that is attached is one of significant Civil War history:
Catesby ap Roger Jones April 15,1821-June 20,1877
Captain Confederate States Navy
Here is some of what Wikipedia has about him:
Catesby ap Roger Jones was an officer in the U.S. Navy who became a commander in the Confederate Navy during the American Civil War. He assumed command of CSS Virginia during the Battle of Hampton Roads and engaged the USS Monitor in that world famous battle of the two iron clads.During the Battle of Hampton Roads, when her Commanding Officer, Captain Franklin Buchanan, was wounded in the March 8, 1862 attack on USS Cumberland and Congress, Jones temporarily took command, leading the ship during her historic engagement with USS Monitor on the following day.
Captain Jones' mother was a cousin of General Robert E. Lee.