Gettysburg

[rhettbutler1865]

Cicero C Brooks? Nathan S Pugh? Thomas W Camack? William W McDaniel? P M B Young? John C Almand? Benjamin C Yancey? Thomas W Salter?

Do any of these names mean anything to you @rhettbutler1865 ?????

Pierce Young,of course;Lieutenant Brooks, Lieutenant Pugh and his expensive horse, yes they are familiar to me.

 

[rhettbutler1865]

A lot of people here do go by their real-life names. Some don't. Whatever feels comfortable to you.

The thing to remember about internet security is that giving out your details on the internet is just like giving them out face-to-face - hundreds of people in your day-to-day life know your name, where you live, etc. - except that on the internet you are giving information to potentially millions of people instead of hundreds or thousands, which greatly increases the chances that some of those people might be criminals, and makes it much harder to figure out which one did it if a crime occurs. As long as you don't post details which are likely to attract crime, you are probably pretty safe. That includes the sort of information banks ask as security questions - so your full name, birthday, what your mother's maiden name was, and where you were born (all the sort of things that might come up in casual conversation on a friendly forum) are not great things to talk about online.

The rule on ancestry.com is that the details of living people are concealed. Going by that, if you were to list the names of your four grandparents, along with dates and places of birth and death (estimates are okay) people here could help you with genealogy without knowing specifically who you are. Or you can post asking for help on the ancestry forum and private message that information to only a few people.

Cottingham(me) is a known Southern name. But both my father and grandfather were "only child", so I don't have anyone to ask for papers that would, I'm sure, lead me to my Civil War roots...

 

[FarawayFriend]

Pierce Young,of course;Lieutenant Brooks, Lieutenant Pugh and his expensive horse, yes they are familiar to me.

Wow, that's fascinating.
I sure believe you, too.

 

[Allie]

Cottingham(me) is a known Southern name. But both my father and grandfather were "only child", so I don't have anyone to ask for papers that would, I'm sure, lead me to my Civil War roots...

What you need is a thread on the ancestry forum.

There are tons of public records available even if your family doesn't have anything. If you know the name of an ancestor who was born before 1940, where they lived then, and their birth year, there's a very good chance you can trace your ancestry back to the Civil war using nothing but census records, and then look for civil war service records that match. It's much easier if you have access to the records on ancestry, but some people here have had good luck just based on what's available for free, and there are some people here who will do ancestry lookups. Ask, it can't hurt!

 

[rhettbutler1865]

That's quite an experience. Welcome from Ohio.

Thank you, Littlestown; I always wonder how so many others became interested in the civil war...how did you?

 

[rhettbutler1865]

What you need is a thread on the ancestry forum.

There are tons of public records available even if your family doesn't have anything. If you know the name of an ancestor who was born before 1940, where they lived then, and their birth year, there's a very good chance you can trace your ancestry back to the Civil war using nothing but census records, and then look for civil war service records that match. It's much easier if you have access to the records on ancestry, but some people here have had good luck just based on what's available for free, and there are some people here who will do ancestry lookups. Ask, it can't hurt!

Thank you so much, Allie. I will start my journey...

 

[Rio Bravo]

Welcome from Suffolk,U.K.

Benjamin Franklin once said: "A Man is not completely born until he is dead. Why then should we grieve that a new child is born among the Immortals?"

 

[rhettbutler1865]

Thank you, Rio Bravo. My last name is Cottingham (my ancestors are from Cottingham Village)--I've always wished I had been born/raised in England.

 

[Rio Bravo]

Thank you, Rio Bravo. My last name is Cottingham (my ancestors are from Cottingham Village)--I've always wished I had been born/raised in England.

Would that be Cottingham in Yorkshire or Northamptonshire ???

 

[rhettbutler1865]

Yorkshire. I really do love England...

 

[Rio Bravo]

rhettbutler1865

Shouldn't your name be Maj. Ashley Wilkes as he was in Cobb's Legion !

 

[rhettbutler1865]

No, "Gone With the Wind" has nothing to do with my dreams about and visits to Gettysburg. Did you see my story about how I "know" I was a Confederate officer shot at Gettysburg? I knew that when I was 8 years old (true) and my rank just happens to be major. (Long before I ever saw the movie).

 

[Rio Bravo]

No, "Gone With the Wind" has nothing to do with my dreams about and visits to Gettysburg. Did you see my story about how I "know" I was a Confederate officer shot at Gettysburg? I knew that when I was 8 years old (true) and my rank just happens to be major. (Long before I ever saw the movie).

Can remember your Brigade Commander's Name , like Beverly Robertson, Albert Jenkins, William E. Jones or John Imboden ???

 

[rhettbutler1865]

Hampton's, but Pierce Young was my immediate superior.

 

[southern blue]

Hello!

I don't know what to think about these kind of stories but I like to hear them.

 

[rhettbutler1865]

I know what you mean...it gives me chills to talk about it. But until I go to a "past-life regressionist",a reliable, respected one, I have only my recurring dreams (same detail) to rely on. And my deep fascination with the civil war.

 

[MRB1863]

When my family vacationed out East, I was 8 years old. When we got to Gettysburg, I stood up in the front seat and said, "I've been here before...wore gray...on a horse..." Mom told me that story until she died recently. I am now 60, and have read every Civil War book I can get my hands on. I just got back from Gettysburg, and didn't feel that "tingle" with my private guide, until I asked him to go to East Cavalry Field. There I got a huge lump in my throat, shook, as I told him to stop--this was the place I had MANY dreams of (always the same one). I was a major and shot off my horse. The guide turned white as I told him my story and showed him a marker he had not seen in his 45 years at Gettysburg...he half-whispered. "you WERE here..." Anyone else have this experience?

That's an interesting story! It's my opinion that many of us have a special connection to the Civil War. For some it may be ancestors who fought, for some relatives who were affected by battle, and even some who felt like they were there. Maybe that's why some feel such a strong attachment when visiting a battle site. It's a feeling difficult to describe to someone who does not share the sentiment, but nonetheless many who have had this experience can empathize. Maybe that's why it is referred to as the unknown.

 

[rhettbutler1865]

Yes, and even a waitress at the Dobbin House in Gettysburg said she moved there because she felt that strong "feeling."

 

[rhettbutler1865]

And I really feel that I WAS there, shot July 3rd off my horse, confronting Custer.

 

[Littlestown]

And I really feel that I WAS there, shot July 3rd off my horse, confronting Custer.

You actually remember confronting Custer?