The Battle of Fort Fisher, N.C.
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Saturday, July 20, 2019
Started With a Drunken Captain and Ended With a Mean Old Lady (But for Good Cause)
From the Spring 2019 Civil War Monitor "Charley's Legacy" by Ronald S. Coddington, Military Images Magazine.
Captain Charles Gloyd served three years with the 118th Ohio Infantry and his war experiences turned him into a raging alcoholic. His drinking buddies called him Charley. Even so, he tried to live a normal life and took a wife named Carrie in 1867.
Their marriage, however, was short. Charley drank himself to death in 1869.
His demise, left Carrie a widow at age 23 and with an infant daughter named Charlien, named after Charley. Carrie never forgot Charley.
As a matter of fact, this turned Carrie against the evils of drinking. She eventually became a leading person in the temperance campaign and toured the country, making speeches, and, on occasion, wielding a famous hatchet smashing up saloons.
We have come to know her as Carrie Nation, her second husband's surname.
So, Now You Know. --Old SeceshWatchOutForCarrie
Tuesday, March 8, 2016
A Mother Looking for Her Son in 1866
From Civil War Talk.
An ad placed in the Fredericksburg, Virginia, newspaper in 1866 read:
"PERSONAL INFORMATION WANTED OF OLIVER H.P. ANDERSON, Company A, Forty-eighth Mississippi Regiment, Heth's Division, A.P. Hill's Corps, C.S.A., commanded by Captain Coffen, who has been missing ever since the Battle of Spottsylvania Courthouse, May 12th, 1864.
"Any information by letter addressed to me at Richmond, Virginia, care of Verandum House, or a personal interview, would greatly oblige a distressed mother.
"jc 19- 3t Mrs. Rebecca Anderson"
Comments: Enlisted March 30, 1864, at Jackson, Mississippi. Probably buried in unmarked grave.
The 48th Mississippi was one of the units fighting at the bloody "Mule Shoe" area of the battle.
He was probably young, having enlisted that late in the war.
A Very Sad Story. --Old Secesh
An ad placed in the Fredericksburg, Virginia, newspaper in 1866 read:
"PERSONAL INFORMATION WANTED OF OLIVER H.P. ANDERSON, Company A, Forty-eighth Mississippi Regiment, Heth's Division, A.P. Hill's Corps, C.S.A., commanded by Captain Coffen, who has been missing ever since the Battle of Spottsylvania Courthouse, May 12th, 1864.
"Any information by letter addressed to me at Richmond, Virginia, care of Verandum House, or a personal interview, would greatly oblige a distressed mother.
"jc 19- 3t Mrs. Rebecca Anderson"
Comments: Enlisted March 30, 1864, at Jackson, Mississippi. Probably buried in unmarked grave.
The 48th Mississippi was one of the units fighting at the bloody "Mule Shoe" area of the battle.
He was probably young, having enlisted that late in the war.
A Very Sad Story. --Old Secesh
Thursday, January 12, 2012
Lynn Haven, Fl., Turns 100
From the Jan. 12th Panama City News Herald "Capturing Time" byAli Helgoth.
So, what does this have to do with the Civil War, which had been over 46 years when the town was founded?
I wrote about it last week in this blog about Union soldiers retiring to Lynn Haven starting in 1911. These folks wouldn't be considered snowbirds since they did not return north when winter was over. However, they could be considered the "First Wave" on northerners retiring south to escape winter.
A time capsule was buried in Lynn Haven (near Panama City) Wednesday to be opened in fifty years for the town's sesquicentennial. Fourteen children were asked to be on hand for that future event. When the capsule is opened, there will be coins from 1911, 1961 and 2011, a Florida commemorative coin and other items.
Resident Bobby Roberts has deep ties to Lynn Haven. His great-great-grandfather, Andrew Jackson Gay, was one of the early investors in the St. Andrews Bay Development Co., which started the town in 1911. Another great-great grandfather, William Martin, was a Union veteran who moved to the retirement city.
His daughter's family joined him and her husband, Lee Jay Roberts, who built Roberts Hall in 1912.
The ceremony marked the end of a years' worth of ceremonies commemorating the event, including a gala, Memorial Day celebration, block party, Christmas tree lighting, Heritage Trail Day and a run.
Way to Go, Lynn Haven!! --Old Secesh
So, what does this have to do with the Civil War, which had been over 46 years when the town was founded?
I wrote about it last week in this blog about Union soldiers retiring to Lynn Haven starting in 1911. These folks wouldn't be considered snowbirds since they did not return north when winter was over. However, they could be considered the "First Wave" on northerners retiring south to escape winter.
A time capsule was buried in Lynn Haven (near Panama City) Wednesday to be opened in fifty years for the town's sesquicentennial. Fourteen children were asked to be on hand for that future event. When the capsule is opened, there will be coins from 1911, 1961 and 2011, a Florida commemorative coin and other items.
Resident Bobby Roberts has deep ties to Lynn Haven. His great-great-grandfather, Andrew Jackson Gay, was one of the early investors in the St. Andrews Bay Development Co., which started the town in 1911. Another great-great grandfather, William Martin, was a Union veteran who moved to the retirement city.
His daughter's family joined him and her husband, Lee Jay Roberts, who built Roberts Hall in 1912.
The ceremony marked the end of a years' worth of ceremonies commemorating the event, including a gala, Memorial Day celebration, block party, Christmas tree lighting, Heritage Trail Day and a run.
Way to Go, Lynn Haven!! --Old Secesh
Saturday, August 7, 2010
Civil War Illinois Soldiers and Sailors Home Residents 1887-1911
I came across and interesting Illinois database: Soldiers and Sailors' Home Residents 1887-1911. AFTER THEIR NAME IS THEIR COUNTY-- DATE ADMITTED--NUMBER-- COMPANY-- UNIT
HATCH, JOSIAH H.-- Cook, Feb. 11, 1904, 6638, F, 51st Illinois
HATCH, LAMINA-- Adams, Oct. 14, 1915, 812
HATCH, MELLVILLE-- Adams, Oct. 14, 1915, 10730, 9th Mass Battery
HATCH, THEODORE H.-- Tazewell, July 27, 1911, 9533, E and D, 47th Illinois
HATCH, WILLIAM P.-- Dekalb, March 28, 1888, 728, C, 4th Illinois Cavalry
HATCHER, PAWHATTON, E.-- May 7, 1895, 3078, I, 99th Illinois
HATCHER, WILLIAM P.-- Pike, Jan. 17, 1906, 7373, E, 28th Illinois
HATCHET, ANNA-- Christian, July 7, 1911, 428
HATCHET, ARCHIBALD-- Christian, July 7, 1911, 9502, H, 14th Illinois
HATCHET, BERRY B.-- Morgan, June 8, 1901, 5574, I, 20th Illinois
HATCHETT, WILLIAM-- Macon, August 29, 1903, 6447, A, 8th Illinois
These were just the letters Hat and covered the whole state in various Old Soldiers Homes.
Evidently, they allowed husband and wife both to be allowed into the homes. See Lamina and Mellville Hatch and Anna and Archibald Hatchet. Women had three digit identifying numbers while veterans had the four digit.
An Overlooked Civil War Veteran Aspect. --B-R'er
HATCH, JOSIAH H.-- Cook, Feb. 11, 1904, 6638, F, 51st Illinois
HATCH, LAMINA-- Adams, Oct. 14, 1915, 812
HATCH, MELLVILLE-- Adams, Oct. 14, 1915, 10730, 9th Mass Battery
HATCH, THEODORE H.-- Tazewell, July 27, 1911, 9533, E and D, 47th Illinois
HATCH, WILLIAM P.-- Dekalb, March 28, 1888, 728, C, 4th Illinois Cavalry
HATCHER, PAWHATTON, E.-- May 7, 1895, 3078, I, 99th Illinois
HATCHER, WILLIAM P.-- Pike, Jan. 17, 1906, 7373, E, 28th Illinois
HATCHET, ANNA-- Christian, July 7, 1911, 428
HATCHET, ARCHIBALD-- Christian, July 7, 1911, 9502, H, 14th Illinois
HATCHET, BERRY B.-- Morgan, June 8, 1901, 5574, I, 20th Illinois
HATCHETT, WILLIAM-- Macon, August 29, 1903, 6447, A, 8th Illinois
These were just the letters Hat and covered the whole state in various Old Soldiers Homes.
Evidently, they allowed husband and wife both to be allowed into the homes. See Lamina and Mellville Hatch and Anna and Archibald Hatchet. Women had three digit identifying numbers while veterans had the four digit.
An Overlooked Civil War Veteran Aspect. --B-R'er
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