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- Feb 5, 2017
This is a really interesting article
https://emergingcivilwar.com/2021/04/15/confederates-on-the-titanic/#more-199572
A large number of Civil War veterans no doubt read about the sinking of the R.M.S. Titanic, one of history’s deadliest maritime disasters. Some of those veterans may have noted a few familiar names. At least one Confederate and the relatives of three Confederate generals were onboard.
One was John Brown McMillin, a young and upcoming Tennessee journalist. His namesake was his grandfather John C. Brown, a Confederate general who fought in nearly every battle waged by the Army of Tennessee. Both his father and grandfather were governors of Tennessee and his grandmother, who raised him, was the second President General of the Daughters of the Confederacy. McMillin’s death was lamented in Confederate Veteran.
Among the most notable men to sail on the great vessel was Georgia native Major Archibald Butt. He was a relative of Brigadier General William R. Boggs and he was born only three months after the last major Confederate forces surrendered. Butt joined the army and gained notoriety as a master of logistics and organization. He served as military aide to his friends Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft, being particularly close to the later.
https://emergingcivilwar.com/2021/04/15/confederates-on-the-titanic/#more-199572
A large number of Civil War veterans no doubt read about the sinking of the R.M.S. Titanic, one of history’s deadliest maritime disasters. Some of those veterans may have noted a few familiar names. At least one Confederate and the relatives of three Confederate generals were onboard.
One was John Brown McMillin, a young and upcoming Tennessee journalist. His namesake was his grandfather John C. Brown, a Confederate general who fought in nearly every battle waged by the Army of Tennessee. Both his father and grandfather were governors of Tennessee and his grandmother, who raised him, was the second President General of the Daughters of the Confederacy. McMillin’s death was lamented in Confederate Veteran.
Among the most notable men to sail on the great vessel was Georgia native Major Archibald Butt. He was a relative of Brigadier General William R. Boggs and he was born only three months after the last major Confederate forces surrendered. Butt joined the army and gained notoriety as a master of logistics and organization. He served as military aide to his friends Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft, being particularly close to the later.