My great, great grandfather helped burn Atlanta. Remember the scene from Gone with the Wind where Rhett and Scarlett barely escape with their lives as they pass a 5 story building full of flames? ... Yes, my grandpa was one of those dirty yankees in Georgia!
An 85 lb. soldier from the Civil War |
The disease he contracted toward the end of the war disabled him for the rest of his life. When he went to war he weighed 180 lbs, healthy for a man who was 5' 10" tall. When he arrived back home at the end of the war he weighed 85 lbs.
He fought in many battles, I'll have to make a list, watch for that in the near future.
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