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Man Born in 1846 Talks About the 1860s and Fighting in the Civil War
YouTube ^ | circa 1947 | Julius Franklin Howell

Posted on 02/05/2025 11:45:33 AM PST by RandFan

Julius Franklin Howell (January 17, 1846 - June 19, 1948) joined the Confederate Army when he was 16. After surviving a few battles, he eventually found himself in a Union prison camp at Point Lookout, Maryland.

In 1947, at the age of 101, Howell made this recording at the Library of Congress.

(Excerpt) Read more at youtube.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; History
KEYWORDS: civilwar; epigraphyandlanguage; godsgravesglyphs; greatestpresident; helixmakemineadouble; history; juliusfranklinhowell; thecivilwar
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This is incredible. He begins by saying one early memory was when he was told he lived in the state of Virginia and he didn't know about states at the time.

Interesting...

1 posted on 02/05/2025 11:45:33 AM PST by RandFan
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To: RandFan

I wish there were more of these interviews.


2 posted on 02/05/2025 11:53:39 AM PST by waterhill (Nobody cares, work harder!)
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To: RandFan

I seen that awhile back. His memory put me to shame.


3 posted on 02/05/2025 11:53:48 AM PST by Karl Spooner
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To: waterhill

It’s weird he talks about the “50s” and “60s” he means in the 1800s!! 🫨


4 posted on 02/05/2025 11:56:48 AM PST by RandFan
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Biden: I was there when Democrat President Lincoln came to Delaware and rode the subway with me to work and shook my hand. No joke. My son, Beau, was killed protecting Lincoln from assassination during Lincoln's ride in the Lincoln Continental in Dallas. Oswald didn't know what hit 'em!
5 posted on 02/05/2025 11:59:36 AM PST by Tell It Right (1 Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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adding to watch list

thanx for posting this


6 posted on 02/05/2025 12:05:38 PM PST by thinden (Buckle up …..)
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Here’s an old gent who was on the TV show “I’ve Got a Secret”. His secret?
He witnessed the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.

https://youtu.be/f3SShVcReiQ?si=bVm0hTGettCC26I4


7 posted on 02/05/2025 12:08:43 PM PST by Leaning Right (It’s morning in America. Again.)
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Pleasure. The YouTube system suggested it to me only reason I caught it. I guess because I’ve watched a few historical videos. Clever...


8 posted on 02/05/2025 12:09:56 PM PST by RandFan
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My great grandfather, born in Wales in 1842, served in the Union Army and was a POW in a Confederate prison from 1863 to 1865. His youngest son was my grandfather born in 1887. I have a photo of my great grandparents from 1812. Too bad he didn't live long enough to be record audio or motion pictures.
9 posted on 02/05/2025 12:24:16 PM PST by Myrddin
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Yeah. Kinda funny.

My grandad (whom I never knew) was born in 1887 in the Oklahoma Territory. My granny was born in 1901. She was a trip. Lived to 93. Smoked and drank from age 14 till 3 days before she passed. She taught me a lot.


10 posted on 02/05/2025 12:44:19 PM PST by waterhill (Nobody cares, work harder!)
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“””Smoked and drank from age 14 till 3 days before she passed. She taught me a lot.”””

You’re fortunate to have such family, most of us had to learn drinking and smoking on the streets.


11 posted on 02/05/2025 12:47:39 PM PST by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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My great-great-grandpa fought for *BOTH* sides of the Civil War. He was born & raised in the Ozarks near the MO-AR state line in a pro-South town. Enlisted in the Confederate Army. Was captured & placed in a POW camp in MO, removing rocks & stumps from fields. He eventually escaped & made his way home.

Discovered that while he was gone, a Confederate troop had come thru town, needing more horses, guns & ammo, clothes & shoes, food and other supplies, but only had Confederate Dollars to pay for it all. The townspeople, who were living a hard life as is, said No Thank You. The commanding officer pulled out his gun and said, "Then we'll just take what we need anyway" - and did so.

The townspeople were furious, and being so near the North-South border, it was an easy choice to just flip sides. So my G-G-Gpa basically said, "if my town & family & friends are now pro-Union, then so am I". He then enlisted in the Union Army and fought out the rest of the war.

12 posted on 02/05/2025 1:01:26 PM PST by CardCarryingMember.VastRightWC (Unity? Of course! I pledge to respect your President as much as you respected mine the past 4 years.)
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No photographs in 1812. Did you mean 1912?


13 posted on 02/05/2025 1:28:54 PM PST by Verginius Rufus
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I thought they meant joe Biden


14 posted on 02/05/2025 2:09:45 PM PST by Fireone (1.Avoid crowds 2.Head on a swivel 3.Be prepared to protect & defend those around you 4.Avoid crowds)
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No photographs in 1812. Did you mean 1912?

Yup. Typo. 1912. He was born in 1842, so a photo wasn't possible then.

15 posted on 02/05/2025 3:04:55 PM PST by Myrddin
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That had to be tenuous to live right on the border of two civil war regions. My mom's family had participants on the Confederate side. Thankfully that is history now.
16 posted on 02/05/2025 3:07:49 PM PST by Myrddin
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He was born one hundred years before I was born. Hope I can live so long enough to be a thorn in the side of some people.


17 posted on 02/05/2025 3:52:13 PM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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Today those Confederate dollars are worth more than a US dollar today.


18 posted on 02/05/2025 3:54:07 PM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: ansel12

She was a country gal. She would have whooped us all.


19 posted on 02/05/2025 4:46:14 PM PST by waterhill (Nobody cares, work harder!)
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I think the earliest daguerrotypes may have been invented in the 1830s. A few photos exist taken in the Mexican War. I have a photo of my great-great-great-grandfather with his second wife, taken sometime between 1853 and his death (about 1871). His first wife, my ancestor, died in 1852--but I sometimes see the photo of the second wife identified as the first wife.

My Revolutionary War ancestor died in 1822, before photography, but I run across a photo online identified as him--actually of his nephew who had the same first and last name.

20 posted on 02/05/2025 5:23:06 PM PST by Verginius Rufus
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