To: Palter
FWIW, my great grandfather fought in the Civil war - so just 3 generations back for me. However, he died long before I was born. My grandfather was born when my great grandfather was 50.
10 posted on
07/03/2011 5:51:25 PM PDT by
Mr Rogers
(Poor history is better than good fiction, and anything with lots of horses is better still)
To: Mr Rogers
FWIW, my great grandfather fought in the Civil war - so just 3 generations back for me. However, he died long before I was born. My grandfather was born when my great grandfather was 50.Same here except that three of my great-grandfathers were in it, one fought for the South.
17 posted on
07/03/2011 6:20:42 PM PDT by
Inyo-Mono
(My greatest fear is that when I'm gone my wife will sell my guns for what I told her I paid for them)
To: Mr Rogers
My grandfather (CSA) fought in the civil war, my father was born in 1886, I was born in 1939.
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