tmh10
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- Joined
- Mar 2, 2012
- Location
- Pipestem,WV
I promised 16th Va I would get some pictures of the Mike Foster resting place in Forrest Hill, WV as it is close to where I live in Pipestem. Hope no one minds I share them with the board. Ted
That boy was well thought of wasn't he.
16thva has a lot more information on Foster. It was him that told me where he was. I was suprised to learn he was so close. I promised Bob I would get out there and get some pictures. When he sees the thread, he may add more to the story of this almost unknown hero.Just a little country graveyard in West Virginia, eh tmh10? .... The picture tells a story, "from First Manassas to Appomattox", "personally decorated as the bravest man in the brigade"; "desperately wounded" at the very end, he hangs on until 1875 ...... More than thirty years later, forty years after the war, "comrades and friends" erect a grave-marker for the sharp shooter.
It's hard for me today to properly fathom such deep and abiding respect. That's comradeship. Wondering, I looked up what I could about this Mike Foster; yet how can I really know anything about the personal traits that so inspired those around him? Someone on a thread once asked what Civil War veteran you would most like to meet, or have dinner with? I have at last decided: I would like to meet a man like this (and hopefully he'd tell me the whole story, from beginning to end).
Seems incredibly unfair to have died that close to the end of the war. Fate should have made it that he be able to survive the war.Good story. Tough to fight almost the whole war and die at the end. Thanks for sharing
There is no "should" in fate or providence.Seems incredibly unfair to have died that close to the end of the war. Fate should have made it that he be able to survive the war.
I'm saying should.There is no "should" in fate or providence.
As is your right.I'm saying should.
I hope the pictures were suitable for your purpose Bobby Lee. I saw names on headstones of people mentioned in your post. Im sure I saw Bessie McNeer and several others.Expired Image Removed
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Nice work, Ted, thanks very much, I'll put the photos up on the website. The above text is from The History of Summers County, by James Henry Miller.