Well, that's why my gg grandfather only had his name and what company he was with. He had a round stone so I guess we are yanks :-) Thanks for the info. Also from MO shirly1 <shirly1@swbell.net> wrote: That is what my brother said also, but I didn't know if I should mention it!! Considering we probably have some 'yanks' on this list! :-) Shirly ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wayne and Sharon Johnson" To: Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2007 9:41 AM Subject: Re: [MO-CEMETERIES] Headstone pictures - Benjamin B. Bray > The story is that the old rebels would say that they were glad that their > tombstone would have the point on the top so there wouldn't be any Yanks > sitting on it. > > Wayne Johnson > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "shirly1" > To: ; > Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2007 9:24 AM > Subject: Re: [MO-CEMETERIES] Headstone pictures - Benjamin B. Bray > > >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "samuels" >> To: >> Sent: Friday, July 06, 2007 11:08 PM >> Subject: Re: [MO-CEMETERIES] Headstone pictures - Benjamin B. Bray >> >> >>> Supposedly there is a difference round top markers Union , pointed >>> markers confederate. I am sure this is a wags story but? This is >>> true. My brother is a member of the SCV and he said that's the way it >>> was. I have been to several SCV memorials and all of the Confederate >>> stones are pointed on the top. In fact, in Quincy, IL there is a >>> Confederate Cemetery and all of the stones there are pointed. In a >>> couple of our local cemeteries there are both pointed and round and, if >>> you look at the engravings on them, you will see that the Union stones >>> are round and the Confederate are pointed. And they are engraved with >>> dates and other information like who they served with. I have a >>> gggUncle >>> who was Confederate and his brother, my gggrandfather, was Union. Both >>> survived the Civil War and after the war they bought land side by side. >> By the way......I'm in Missouri. >> Shirly >> >>> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> MO-CEMETERIES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >> the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MO-CEMETERIES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MO-CEMETERIES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --------------------------------- Looking for a deal? Find great prices on flights and hotels with Yahoo! FareChase.