Who has Civil War ancestor!

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southernlady said:

Yes, they had a sister, Emma Catherine Hard, who was my great grandmother. And Graniteville, SC is where a great many of my ancestors lived during that era.

They were one of 10 children. And it was thanks to her and her husband that started my interest and research in genealogy. I had a tree that started with them going forward. Liz

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Were their parents names Benjamin Hard & Emma Strobel? And then they named two of their children after them? I have tried and tried to research the family, but there is very little about them. I have transcripts of letters that the brothers wrote home to Emma (I'm assuming their sister) throughout the war. They are so incredibly interesting. On top of that--complete irony--one of the letters from, I think John, is about Belle Boyd, who was a Confederate spy from my home town in Martinsburg, WV. I have actually been in the Boyd house when I was a child. My two boys and I visit the grave sites often. I don't know if you've been there, but John, Emma Strobel (I'm assuming their mother), and Benjamin are all buried together in the cemetery. I have an article about when John was killed at the battle of Chickamauga (sp.?) and how his slave (who he was apparently very close to) went to the battlefield and escorted his body home. I have been told that the building in my back yard was used as a one-room schoolhouse during the civil war, and that Emma was the teacher. While I am obviously no relation to the family, I feel in some way very connected to them. I am extremely intrigued by their history. We are actually considering selling our house (it is obviously 150+ years old). It is very bittersweet, as I do not want to let go of the history of it.

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Yes, that is their parents.

Actually his name is Benjamin Curtis Hard b. 04 Aug 1815 in Charleston, SC (married twice) first wife was Emma Bachman Strobel b. 13 Nov 1817 in SC, suspect Charleston but no proof yet. She died in 07 Nov 1859.

The photo is her grandfather and grandmother (my 4th great grandfather and 4th great grandmother): Daniel Strobel, Sr. and Maria Elisabetha Martin. hanging in their home in Charleston. Liz

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The pictures are absolutely awesome. Thanks so much for sharing them with me. Like I said, I almost feel like they are family. I truly appreciate you taking the time to post this info for me. It definitely cleared up some questions I had. Emma Strobel is buried here in the local cemetery between John & Benjamin (the two brothers), and I remember the death year as 1859. I found it really odd that they didn't put her married name on her grave stone, but I guess that was the way they did it back then. Not sure. Thanks again.

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Tudor chick said:

Hey Nick is this the English Cromwell or was there another American one?

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The english one

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My Great Great Grand Uncle was in the Confederate Army. Read this bio I wrote for him on findagrave.com


Francis Marion Kearbey was born on the 7th of January, 1839 in Wayne County Missouri. He served in the Missouri State Militia under General Sterling Pierce for a period of 90 days He was in Company E, but didn't remember what regiment he served in. His colonel there was a man by the name of Col. Homels or Hineman. He was in the battle of Fredrick Town, Springfeild (Missouri), Bloomingfeild, and other minor skirmishes which he also did not remember. He was then sent to Pocahontas, Arkansas and joined the Regular Confederate Army there in fall of 1862. He did not receive his uniform until he arrived in Little Rock that same year. He was paroled in Jackson Port, Ark. just before war's end and did not receive discharge.

After the war, Francis married his first wife, Melissa Catherine Jones, Circa 1873. Sadly, Melissa passed away in 1886. She bore him 8 children.

Later that next year, he married his second wife, Catherine Organ Daughhettee, She bore him another 11 children. Catherine would outlive her husband, living until 1954.

In 1925, Francis applied for the Confederate Home of Missouri and was accepted shortly after. He lived there from September 16, 1925 until his death on March 10, 1929.

Francis Lived to be 90 years old, and was 5 foot, 8 inches tall.

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I have probably a dozen direct ancestors who fought for the confederacy. The only name I know is Archie Adams, a landowner before the war, a dirt farmer afterwards. My grandmother is actually composing a book, utilizing largely Archie's letters.

One ancestor of mine was a mounted soldier who rounded up deserters, known as "bushwhackers". One night he was dragged off by two bushwhackers, and his four daughters went to find him, after going down one road for 15 or so minutes, they turned around and went down another road to find their father, still warm, hanging from a tree. There are newspaper articles in Alabama to cooberate this.

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I only have one relative that I know of

2nd Lieutenant Martin Carver, 52nd Georgia Volunteer Infantry, We have a copy of his first pay stub I believe it's for April 1861, I do know that he survived the war because we have documentation that he was part of a "Roster committee" in the 1890's

Any info you could find would be greatly appreciated

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I don't know his name off-hand, but one of my maternal grandfathers (not sure how many "greats") was a Confederate cavalry officer. I don't know a lot of about family history, so I don't know any more than that.

Of course, he'd be incensed to know that one of his progeny would turn out to be a Yankee.

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I don't know for any exact certainty, but I'm sure it would have been on the CSA side if I did.

But, my father-in-law met a Civil War veteran when he was younger. He's 94 now.

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I'm another Liz who is also a descendant of Benjamin Curtis Hard and Emma Bachman Strobel. We knew well the story of John Stuart Hard's body being brought back (by "Aleck") to Graniteville. I'd like to communicate with the poster "josephrachel" who lives in the house in Graniteville. Hope you still do! Liz

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Here in Tennessee, we often saw families split by the war, with various family members fighting on opposite sides.

One of my ancestors on my fathers side was J.H. Stanbery (Stansbury) of the 5th- 6th (unit reorganization) NC Cavalry (Confederate) who was captured at Irvine, Ky, 1863 from General Morgans command. He was a POW in Camp Chase until the end of the war.
Another on my dads side was John Reece, 13th Tennessee Vol Cavalry, (US). He also survived the war. We still have his old sword and scabbard.
On my mothers side, was David Proffit (2nd US Cavalry). He also survived the war, burried in the old family plot with a hand carved headstone. David was a tough old man who lived to a ripe old age. In his 80s, he walked across the mountains and held a job in a saw mill. He was reported to be very tough.

My grandmother used to tell me stories about him. She said that he would sit in front of the fire and spit into the fireplace and just look off. He would start to talk to her sometimes, telling her about shooting down lines of men and stepping over them, and raiding the big fine plantation houses up in Virginia. He told of shooting the dogs there, sleeping with his muddy boots in the fine linen sheets of the plantations, and stealing all thier stuff from thier smoke houses and pantries. On his death bed, he confessed to being with 101 women. He didnt care for much. He was a man's man in a violent time. I think he must have died in a state of regret and sadness.

It seems that he married a woman up there in 1864, had a daughter by her, but never went back to his wife and daughter after the war. Instead, he returned to Tennessee, married again, and started my line of the family. We never knew why he did this.

His brother Leonard served in the Confederate army, thought to have died at the Battle of the Wilderness. Another of these brothers (Godrey) died in a naval battle, unsure which side.
My great grandmother (Davids daughter) used to be remembered to yell to the kids whenever they went to drink from a mountain spring on a hot day; "Mind ye don't drink that cold water too fast, or you'll founder like your uncle Leonard did in that old Confederate army".
We can only speculate what she meant by that.

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My Great Great Grandfather James H. Sisson and his younger brother William H. Sisson served as privates in the 49th Virginia Infantry.

I would appreciate if anyone can tell me how to find more information on their service in the 49th. They enlisted in 1861. William died in June 1862 from wounds received in the Battle of Seven Pines in Virginia.

What I don't know is how long James Sisson served. Would he have served for the entire war? What battles did they fight in?

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I'm related to U.S. Grant by marriage.

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There are LOTS of Riddicks who served in the CSA from SE Va. and NE NC.

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I had a great great great grandfather and two great great great uncles that served with the 153rd Pennsylvania Infantry Company D. My great great great grandfather was wounded at Gettysburg and later reenlisted with the 202nd Pennslyvania Infantry...

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These are my ancestors:


Fredrick Kicklighter - Private. Present last muster (Dec. 31, 1864)

Jacob S. Kicklighter - Private. Captured in Tennessee Sept. 6, 1864. Sent to Camp Chase, Ohio.

Jesse Kicklighter - Private. Present last muster (Dec. 31, 1864)

William Kicklighter - Private. Present last muster (Dec. 31, 1864)



Lewis, General- private February 21,1863. Roll for February 28,1863, last on file, shows him present. Pension records show he was in Whiteville, ( ?) S. C. hospital with typhoid fever October 1864. Unfit for further service.



Cartee, Joel - Private.

Cartee, John - Private. Died in Richmond, Va. hospital July 1862. Buried in Confederate Cemetery at Lynchburg, Va. No. 5, 2d Line, Lot 172 - Ferguson's Factory.

Cartee, Malachi, - Private September 9, 1861. Died in Richmond, Va. hospital July 1862.

Cartee, Reuben - Private September 9, 1861. Died in Richmond, Va. hospital June 14, 1862. Buried in Confederate Cemetery at Lynchburg, Va. No. C, 4th Line, Lot 172-Ferguson's Factory.

Cartee, William - Private September 9, 1861. Discharged, disability, near Liberty Mills, Va. July 28, 1862. (Born in Spartanburg District, S. C. in 1838. Died in Bulloch County, Ga. May 17, 1887.)

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Captain Charles P. Cramer

Fought for the Union. He switched regiments a lot.

Fought at the Battle of Fredricksburg, the Battle of Chancellorsivlle, and the Battle of New Market.

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Most of mine fought with the Union, but I need to get my hands on a book my aunt has worked tirelessly on to know who those men where and their relation to me.

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I am not sure but I know my ancestor, on my father's side, were in America but some were out west when it happened. They also were rich and many rich people got out of the way by finding replacements or bribery. I once did a paper on the cause of the Civl war and if I was not so caught up in the fall of Constantinople I would begin that thread.

Yes, many, on my father's side - on *both* sides of the war, in fact.

I know one fought in the "Battle of the Wilderness", but I'm not aware of any other major battles my ancestors fought in.

However, an interesting tidbit, one of my uncle's was the first Union soldier killed in the Civil War:
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