Do you remember him? Did you ever get any stories? All my 7 ancestors who fought were great great or great great great grandfathers, and all died by 1920.
Yes. Probably very few people have a grandfather who fought in the Civil War. It’s because everyone in my family does things late. My mother was born relatively late in his life. I was born late in my mother’s life.
Mother wrote down a few stories. Here’s an interesting one.
My grandfather was riding with some of the Confederate soldiers who were escorting Jefferson Davis to Mexico. Davis was carrying gold. The soldiers had not been told the war was over (No twitter).
Word got to the soldiers that the war was over and they left for home and split up the gold. Can’t remember how much Tandy Walker got but it’s gone now.