Man Born in 1846 Talks About the 1860s and Fighting in the Civil War

YouTube ^ | circa 1947 | Julius Franklin Howell

[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.

[RandFan]

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...

[waterhill]

I wish there were more of these interviews.

[Karl Spooner]

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

[RandFan]

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

[Tell It Right]

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!

[thinden]

adding to watch list

thanx for posting this

[Leaning Right]

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

[RandFan]

Pleasure. The YouTube system suggested it to me only reason I caught it. I guess because I’ve watched a few historical videos. Clever...

[Myrddin]

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.

[waterhill]

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.

[ansel12]

“””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.

[CardCarryingMember.VastRightWC]

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.

[Verginius Rufus]

No photographs in 1812. Did you mean 1912?

[Fireone]

I thought they meant joe Biden

[Myrddin]

No photographs in 1812. Did you mean 1912?

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

[Myrddin]

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.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

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.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

Today those Confederate dollars are worth more than a US dollar today.

[waterhill]

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

[Verginius Rufus]

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.