My family fought in the the Revolutionary War and all except one lived to tell about it. I can count seven soldiers as I write. These are all direct ancestors of mine One was killed and one was captured by the British but survived. The one who was captured, my great, great grandfather, enlisted when he was 15, was captured when he tried to help a wounded comrade back to camp, then contracted small pox in prison, but lived till 1841.
Make that one more “great” in that grandfather story
I’d think it would be more like 5 or 6 greats in that.
My family fought in the Revolutionary too. My 5th great-grandfather was a Lieutenant in the 2nd Regiment Dutchess County (NY) Militia. He is listed as a Patriot in the D.A.R. Patriot Index. A son of Francis’, along with a handful of cousins fought as well.