Northern rebels

[bmbeeman]

I was sitting at the campfire at Brooksville the other weekend and began to think, if this was the 1860's I would have been disowned by my family. You see, I was born in Florida, and when it came to join up with a unit, naturally I fell in with Florida light infantry, but my hertiage is cleary northern (Pennsylvania). So my question is this, is there any record of northerners in the southern army?

 

[william42]

Hey bmbeeman. I would think there would be quite a few southern regiments with northerners in them. I'm thinking specifically of Kentucky, since it technically was never in the Confederacy, so would be considered a "Northern" or "border" state by definition.

I live right on the border of Indiana/Kentucky, and just a short drive south of here will bring you in contact with many small county seats with a statue of Johnny Reb out in front of the courthouse. In fact you'd be hard pressed to find any courthouses with Billy Yank in bronze at all. The armies of the Confederacy contained plenty of Kentucky northerners.

Good to have you on the board!

Terry

 

[Wild_Rose]

Hi bmbeeman, there are numerous instances of families that had sons who joined Union and Confederate armies. That made enemies out of brothers and a lot of families were torn apart for that reason.

Regards,
Rose

 

[Alabaman]

bmbeeman,

I have a photo of my gg-uncles (my Adams ancestor in my 'signature' below, his brothers-in-law) in their respective uniforms. Posing side-by-side, Pvt. Calvin Jernigan was in the 33rd Ala., Lowrey's Brig., Cleburne's Div. and definitely Confederate; and his brother, Pvt. McKay Jernigan, 1st Fla. Cavalry, definitely US. Both are in full uniform. This photograph is proof positive of the brother against brother theme. In the photo, Calvin J. looks to be recovering from a shoulder would due to his posture. I checked the records and he was indeed wounded in the shoulder. This would place the photo's date from late 1862 to 1865.

Pvt Calvin Jernigan was severely wounded at the battle of Perryville, Ky on 8 Oct., 1862 during Cleburne's attack. He never returned to his regiment due to this wound and was incorrectly listed as a deserter. His brother, McKay Jernigan, rendered service on the Florida-Alabama border and wasn't wounded. After the war, my Confederate ancestor (Calvin Jernigan) moved to Texas with several family members, and was buried there. McKay Jernigan, the pro-Union brother, didn't go with the family.

Alabaman

 

[samgrant]

There was Gen. Pemberton, for one.

 

[Alabaman]

If the reversal of the original idea of the post is acceptable and applicable, Gen. Thomas, a Virginian by birth fought for the North.

Wasn't Gen. Strahl a Northern born leader who fought for the South?

Alabaman

 

[ole]

bmbeeman: More than thousands. Ole