J. Horace
Corporal
- Joined
- Sep 29, 2015
- Location
- North Carolina
James P. Smith
Thank you so much for all this. I've come up with more information a few weeks ago, and even managed to find a battle report. Please be sure to check your inbox soon, I'll let you know when I send it. I've grown to have a personal bond to Forrest for his connections of friendship to the family.I found a larger version of one of your photos. From "Life of Lieutenant-General Nathan Bedford Forrest," John A Wyeth, 1900.
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https://archive.org/stream/lifeoflieutenant00wyeth#page/234/mode/2up
I did a last name word search for him at that link for the NBF book. His name appears a few dozen times in the first third of the book. After that... nothing. It made his death seem more personal.Thank you so much for all this. I've come up with more information a few weeks ago, and even managed to find a battle report. Please be sure to check your inbox soon, I'll let you know when I send it. I've grown to have a personal bond to Forrest for his connections of friendship to the family.
This photo has been in the family for years.. my dad got it from his mom who got it from her mom etc.. I am from Michigan but this photo - I am told is of my "great great great uncle" .. I was told his name is Alan Carter (from Kentucky) and he was killed on lookout mountain in Tennessee during the Civil War. I don't know if any of that is true. Can anyone help me identify anything from this photo that would help me with this? I will appreciate any help that anyone can offer.
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Thanks! William Owen survived the war. According to records, he surrendered in Greensboro, NC on May 10 and was paroled. The 42nd NC was at the battle of Bentonville, so I presume he was as well. One of my other ancestors, Thomas Barton, was with the 16th SC, and would also have been at that battle. He survived the war as well.
This is believed to be a CDV of Cos F 3rd IA VI. I would like to believe my ancestor, Frank Conrad, is in this pick. His first combat was at Shiloh. He lost an eye at the Hatchee and was mustered out. He is buried in Douglas MN.
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The original owner. I will have to look for his name & contact info as this was several years back.I have seen this photo in a few websites and have been trying to find information about it. Where did you learn that it could be Co F of the 3d Iowa? My interest is that I am helping my dad complete a book about the 3d IA and this photo is the only group photo I have found that is supposed to be them. (Incidentally, the officer in the front to our left resembles a photo of Capt John Ruckman (Co B))
Tim Jeffers
He is wearing either an artillery or cavalry shell jacket. The saber and revolvers may be photographer's props, but I'm guessing cavalry.This photo has been in the family for years.. my dad got it from his mom who got it from her mom etc.. I am from Michigan but this photo - I am told is of my "great great great uncle" .. I was told his name is Alan Carter (from Kentucky) and he was killed on lookout mountain in Tennessee during the Civil War. I don't know if any of that is true. Can anyone help me identify anything from this photo that would help me with this? I will appreciate any help that anyone can offer.
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I found no photos. Here is a link to a three page article "Poague in the Wilderness."I wish I could. I've been searching and searching and searching for a picture of my G-G-Grandfather or his unit.
Bumbra Willis Backe (PVT)
Recruited in Warrenton, VA into the Confederate Army
A Company, 12th Virginia Light Artillery (AKA "Brooke's Battery", "Warrenton Light Artillery", "Utterback's Battery")
Part of Jackson's II Corps. Then A.P. Hill's III Corps. Pender's Division. Poague's Battalion at the battle of Gettysburg. Participated in: Fredericksburg, Cold Harbor, Chancelorsville too, I believe.
If anyone has ANY pictures of Poague's Battalion, or A Company, 12th Virginia Light Artillery, or anything.......please please please shoot them my way or point me in the right direction. Your help is so appreciated.
Much obliged. Very very cool. Amazing thinking my G-G-Grandfather was privy to all that that went on in that article. Do you have any suggestions whatsoever about how to go about finding any photos of Poague's battalion or batteries? I'm actually going the broad route right now simply because I figure finding pictures of Brooke's Battery/Utterback's Battery/Warrenton Light Artillery/etc will be even more difficult. I've googled my face off, but I'm getting a little disheartened - I've found tons of pictures of other artillery units but this one is completely evading me.I found no photos. Here is a link to a three page article "Poague in the Wilderness."
https://archive.org/details/bomb1915virg/page/188?q=Poague's+Battalion
I sent you a message.Much obliged. Very very cool. Amazing thinking my G-G-Grandfather was privy to all that that went on in that article. Do you have any suggestions whatsoever about how to go about finding any photos of Poague's battalion or batteries? I'm actually going the broad route right now simply because I figure finding pictures of Brooke's Battery/Utterback's Battery/Warrenton Light Artillery/etc will be even more difficult. I've googled my face off, but I'm getting a little disheartened - I've found tons of pictures of other artillery units but this one is completely evading me.