I’m betting none of us served in the Confederate army, which is the army that is being discussed.
My great and great great father did
Great uncle killed at lookout mountain on horseback....odd huh
My wife’s gg uncle brig gen Barksdale killed Gettysburg
Another gg grandfather serve Boylston cavalry Miss as a cobbler and farrier first and dragoon later starting st age 14
I’m a descendent of Pocahontas and multiple branches of FFV
Byrd
Rolfe
Bolling
Wade
Hopkins
All my family branches have been in Mississippi as early as 1780s in what became Adams county whilst others after the Dancing Rabbit treaty early 1800s
My gggg grandmother was rumored to be the illegitimate daughter of William Dunbar of. Natchez aristocracy born by his Irish housegirl and “adopted” by my gggg grandpa who had over half a dozen sons and grandsons fight for the CSA
I could write a book on it literally
I’m qualified to speak for Dixie