> TAPS > > We in the United States have all heard the haunting song, "Taps." It's the > song that gives us that lump in our throats and usually tears in our eyes. > But, do you know the story behind the song? > If not, I think you will be interested to find out about its humble > beginnings. > > Reportedly, it all began in 1862 during the Civil War, when Union Army > Captain Robert Ellicombe was with his men near Harrison's Landing in > Virginia. The Confederate Army was on the other side of the narrow strip > of land. During the night, Captain Ellicombe heard the moans of a soldier > who lay severely wounded on the field. Not knowing if it was a Union or > Confederate soldier, the Captain decided to risk his life and bring the > stricken man back for medical attention. > > Crawling on his stomach through the gunfire, the Captain reached the > stricken soldier and began pulling him toward his encampment. When the > Captain finally reached his own lines, he discovered it was actually a > Confederate soldier, but the soldier was dead. The Captain lit a lantern > and suddenly caught his breath and went numb with shock. > > In the dim light, he saw the face of the soldier. It was his own son. > The boy had been studying music in the South when the war broke out. > Without telling his father, the boy enlisted in the Confederate Army. The > following morning, heartbroken, the father asked permission of his > superiors to give his son a full military burial, despite his enemy status. > His request was only partially granted. The Captain had asked if he could > have a group of Army band members play a funeral dirge for his son at the > funeral. The request was turned down since the soldier was a Confederate. > But, out of respect for the father, they did say they could give him only > one musician. The Captain chose a bugler. He asked the bugler to play a > series of musical notes he had found on a piece of paper in the pocket of > the dead youth's uniform. This wish was granted. > > The haunting melody, we now know as "Taps" ... used at military funerals > was born. The words are: > > Day is done ... Gone the sun ... From the lakes ... From the hills From > the sky ... All is well ... Safely rest ... God is nigh. > > Fading light ... Dims the sight ... And a star ... Gems the sky ... > Gleaming bright ... From afar ... Drawing nigh ... > Falls the night. > > Thanks and praise ... For our days ... Neath the sun ... Neath the stars > Neath the sky ... As we go ... This we know ... God is nigh. > > I, too, have felt the chills while listening to "Taps" but I have never > seen all the words to the song until now. I didn't even know there was > more than one verse. I also never knew the story behind the song and I > didn't know if you had either so I thought I'd pass it along. I now have > an even deeper respect for the song than I did before. > > REMEMBER THOSE LOST AND HARMED WHILE SERVING THEIR COUNTRY. > > And also those presently serving in the Armed Forces. > Forwarded by CSN

I highly recommend members of this list to read "The Real Lincoln: A New Look at Abraham Lincoln, His Agenda, and an Unnecessary War" by Thomas J. DiLorenzo (2002). After reading it, see if you still think slavery was the cause of the Civil War. It certainly was not! DiLorenzo is an economist; his well-researched and copiously-documented study affirms that centralization of the government and economic issues alone was the causative factor (a far less "sexy" theory than the emotionally-charged issue of slavery). Nancy Bowen

Pat, are you fortunate enough to have letters written by "your" ancestors? I do and I cry almost every time I read them. I would give anything if everyone would allow history to take care of itself. I have difficulty when I have to watch every thing I say for fear of "hurting" some one's feelings while that same someone could care less if my feelings are hurt. I had ancestors that came to this country as indentured servants. 'Scuze me? Is that different because their skin wasn't black? Most (if not all )of the people, given a choice, would refuse to go "back" now if their passage was paid for them. Their life in their "homeland" sure is NOT what it is here. Even the best of the lot. Has anyone ever considered what a dis-service was done to the black man by tossing them out to the wolves? I mean most of them had NO training as far as taking care of themselves. Lincoln wanted to send the slaves back home and Congress refused to do so. OK, Now that I have ticked off just about everyone on the list, I am NOT going to say another word about this. I apologize if I hurt feelings, that was not my intent. My folks NEVER owned anyone and I am tired of having to apologize as if they did. Laura. my private email (should you wish to chew me out ) is [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2003 3:24 PM Subject: [MO-CW] Re: MO-CW-D Digest V03 #50 As gently as possible, and without attempting to start a fight, I am concerned about those who make such comments as "honoring our heritage", as regards the Civil War. I am all in favor of honoring our history and our ancestors (some of mine fought for the South). It seems to many of us, me included, that the Confederate flag should certainly be displayed in appropriate places, but that flying this flag sends the wrong message. The South was attempting several things in this war, some of them understandable in current context, but a major issue in this war was the continuation and legalization of slavery. I think very few of us today could find anything to defend about slavery, so why would anyone want to give the impression of valuing this part of the conflict. I would appreciate thoughtful comments from anyone. I am just trying to understand. Thank you. Pat ==== MO-CW Mailing List ==== "It's a disagreeable thing to be whipped." - Col. William Tecumseh Sherman ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.454 / Virus Database: 253 - Release Date: 2/10/03

Sharon, you are correct as far as my schooling goes. I think the big issue was over the price the North wanted to pay for goods grown in the South. Mainly cotton. The Northerners brought the slaves here to work for the South so they could get their goods in greater amounts and at a much reduced price. Then, they wanted to pay the South even less, they said you have free labor, you can sell your crops for less. ( this was just a small part of the war but the North wanted to run over the South and run their states for them) OK, I feel better now... haha Laura ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sharon Worthey" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2003 11:25 PM Subject: RE: [MO-CW] Re: MO-CW-D Digest V03 #50 Someone correwct me if I'm wrong (I "know" you guys will!) but I thought at the beginning of the war slavery wasn't even an issue - it was state vs federal rights and economics. But Mr. Lincoln was a very smart politician and knew he couldn't get brother to fight against brother without a strong enough rallying point, thus slavery was introduced as an issue. SharonW -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2003 5:24 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [MO-CW] Re: MO-CW-D Digest V03 #50 As gently as possible, and without attempting to start a fight, I am concerned about those who make such comments as "honoring our heritage", as regards the Civil War. I am all in favor of honoring our history and our ancestors (some of mine fought for the South). It seems to many of us, me included, that the Confederate flag should certainly be displayed in appropriate places, but that flying this flag sends the wrong message. The South was attempting several things in this war, some of them understandable in current context, but a major issue in this war was the continuation and legalization of slavery. I think very few of us today could find anything to defend about slavery, so why would anyone want to give the impression of valuing this part of the conflict. I would appreciate thoughtful comments from anyone. I am just trying to understand. Thank you. Pat ==== MO-CW Mailing List ==== "It's a disagreeable thing to be whipped." - Col. William Tecumseh Sherman ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 ==== MO-CW Mailing List ==== "I hope to live long enough to see my surviving comrades march side by side with the Union veterans along Pennsylvania Avenue, and then I will die happy." - James Longstreet ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.454 / Virus Database: 253 - Release Date: 2/10/03

Someone correwct me if I'm wrong (I "know" you guys will!) but I thought at the beginning of the war slavery wasn't even an issue - it was state vs federal rights and economics. But Mr. Lincoln was a very smart politician and knew he couldn't get brother to fight against brother without a strong enough rallying point, thus slavery was introduced as an issue. SharonW -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2003 5:24 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [MO-CW] Re: MO-CW-D Digest V03 #50 As gently as possible, and without attempting to start a fight, I am concerned about those who make such comments as "honoring our heritage", as regards the Civil War. I am all in favor of honoring our history and our ancestors (some of mine fought for the South). It seems to many of us, me included, that the Confederate flag should certainly be displayed in appropriate places, but that flying this flag sends the wrong message. The South was attempting several things in this war, some of them understandable in current context, but a major issue in this war was the continuation and legalization of slavery. I think very few of us today could find anything to defend about slavery, so why would anyone want to give the impression of valuing this part of the conflict. I would appreciate thoughtful comments from anyone. I am just trying to understand. Thank you. Pat ==== MO-CW Mailing List ==== "It's a disagreeable thing to be whipped." - Col. William Tecumseh Sherman ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

Just saw "Gods and Generals" last night! I think it's a must see. Tell your friends. Although it is mostly about Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson and the two years he made the news, it does reveal a part of "Southron Days Gone Bye". Watch for Ted Turner, easy to spot, and "Sheets" Bird. That's Senator, West Virginia, Robert Bird. You know he was some kind of wizard in the KKK? That's why they call him "Sheets" in the Senate Halls(Check It Out)! Please let me know what you think. Brooks _________________________________________________________________ Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail

http://www.ky3.com/newsdetailed.asp?id=4274 Desoto Joe/The Record Man

----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2003 6:08 PM Subject: Re: Fw: [MO-CW] Re: MO-CW-D Digest V03 #50 > Lincoln attempted to free slaves, but the states that elected to attempt to > secede didn't recognize his authority. He couldn't finish because he was > assassinated. Methinks you are still trying to defend the practice. When Lincoln announced the Emancipation Proclamation, it was directed at the states in rebellion, it did not free the slaves in states that stayed out of the conflict or were loyal to the Union. It was issued to cause unrest in the Confederacy. In fact, Lincoln supported the idea of shipping emancipated slaves out of he Country. He actually told Douglas that he felt that Blacks & Whites could not live together. Money & greed has always been the defining factors that ultimately are behind every war. If one looks hard enough, they will see that the "powers that be" that were running the show during any historical period, were waging war for financial gain. This argument can continue & has throughout the ages, so my statements here can be taken with a grain of salt or applauded. Common sense has always taken a back seat to political correctness. Lincoln was a great man to some, a tyrant to others. Beheading the "Great Messiah" http://www.lewrockwell.com/decoster/decoster21.html And The Beat Goes On http://www.patshannan.bizland.com/musingsjuneone.html There are right ways & wrong ways. Taking the Confederate flag down from the Confederate Cemetery was simply wrong. The motivation was strictly a political one & had nothing to do with the Congressman or Governor's feelings of past transgressions. Desoto Joe/The Record Man

Lincoln attempted to free slaves, but the states that elected to attempt to secede didn't recognize his authority. He couldn't finish because he was assassinated. Methinks you are still trying to defend the practice. As I said in my original comments, I'm really trying to understand. Your reply wasn't helpful. You are attempting to shed heat, while I am looking for light, Pat

As gently as possible, and without attempting to start a fight, I am concerned about those who make such comments as "honoring our heritage", as regards the Civil War. I am all in favor of honoring our history and our ancestors (some of mine fought for the South). It seems to many of us, me included, that the Confederate flag should certainly be displayed in appropriate places, but that flying this flag sends the wrong message. The South was attempting several things in this war, some of them understandable in current context, but a major issue in this war was the continuation and legalization of slavery. I think very few of us today could find anything to defend about slavery, so why would anyone want to give the impression of valuing this part of the conflict. I would appreciate thoughtful comments from anyone. I am just trying to understand. Thank you. Pat

Pat, I don't think that there is anyone on this list who would support slavery. There were many issues that brought on the Civil War,and slavery was just one of the issues...the South and her people have been villified and shamed into thinking that they aren't supposed to have any pride in their heritage....if we were to tear down all the flags that have supported slavery in history and present time, there wouldn't be many flags left. My ancestors fought for both North and South,mostly the South....and I think that since the war ended a long time ago, it is important to honor the dead of both sides and move forward,in peace...dissention and arguing only tears people and countries apart...as we know! Regards, Sandra Ellington-Freeman

Union or Confederate? ----- Original Message ----- From: Regena Lally To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2003 12:23 AM Subject: [MO-CW] MO 6th cavalry & 11th Inf. Someone on the mail list provided me once with a site that listed the battles that the MO 6th Cavalry, that later merged with the MO 11th infantry fought in or at. I am trying to further my research on my Gates ancestors who served in these regiments. I lost the site in a crash. Can someone tell me how to get back to it? Gena Gates Lally ==== MO-CW Mailing List ==== "I hope to live long enough to see my surviving comrades march side by side with the Union veterans along Pennsylvania Avenue, and then I will die happy." - James Longstreet ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

Maybe. Can you tell us if he was Federal or Confederate? ----- Original Message ----- From: phillipscalvin To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2003 5:59 PM Subject: [MO-CW] B.(Bennett) S. Phillips, 10 MO Infantry, Confed. I find my GGrandfather one Bennett S. Phillips, sometimes listed as B.S. Phillips, listed in the roster of the 10th MO Infantry Regiment (sometimes the 12th). At least I think it's him since the regiment was formed partially from Chariton and Howard counties, which is where he was. Something happened to him, I assume he was either killed or died in prison, because my GGrandmother Elizabeth Johnson Phillips remarried in 1864. Can anyone give me some ideas as to how to find his place of death, etc.? Cal Phillips [email protected] ==== MO-CW Mailing List ==== "I hope to live long enough to see my surviving comrades march side by side with the Union veterans along Pennsylvania Avenue, and then I will die happy." - James Longstreet ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jgood/oldlincrkhomes.html Desoto Joe/The Record Man

----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2002 10:55 AM Subject: [MO-CW] Re: MO-CW-D Digest V02 #273 > The original city of Linn Creek,MO., is at the bottom of a lake. It was on > the land that was flooded when Bagnell Dam was completed back in the late > 30s. Residents were moved to higher ground and another community named Linn > Creek was built there. I don't recall what the time frame was because I was > young at the time. Perhaps the story would be better told by the state of > Missouri. Hope this helps. Keep up the good work!! Jim Eisenhour > > OLD LINN CREEK http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jgood/oldlincreek.html Desoto Joe/The Record Man

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jgood/battlewetglaize.html Desoto Joe/The Record Man

----- Original Message ----- From: "Regena Lally" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2003 12:23 AM Subject: [MO-CW] MO 6th cavalry & 11th Inf. > Someone on the mail list provided me once with a site that listed the > battles that the MO 6th Cavalry, that later merged with the MO 11th infantry > fought in or at. I am trying to further my research on my Gates ancestors > who served in these regiments. I lost the site in a crash. Can someone tell > me how to get back to it? > > Gena Gates Lally > Go here: http://www.missouridivision-scv.org/ Desoto Joe/The Record Man

SALEM POST OBITUARIES "DEATH TAKES LIFE OF LAST CONFEDERATE VETERAN" Feb 23,1939. Salem,Dent County, Missouri. Enoch Musgraves, 95, died in Salem Wednesday. Funeral Sunday. Enoch Musgraves, last surviving Dent countian who served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War, died Wednesday in the home of his daughter, Mrs. Lee Talbert of Salem. he was 95 years of age. His death leaves only one civil war veteran left in Dent county, "Uncle Sam" Harrison, a Union veteran living in the north west part of the county. "Uncle Enoch", as he was know to his hundreds of Dent County friends, was a native of Indiana, being born April 12,1844 at Evansville, and was the son of John and Martha Musgraves. As a youth he came to Missouri living near Springfield and in other western towns before coming to Dent County about 1861. He was married to Elizabeth Bressie, the ceremony taking place at the old Bressie homestead on Dry Fork.(A) "Uncle Enoch" joined the confederate army at the inception of the Civil War and served throughout the the war. His major battle was at Wilson Creek, near Springfield, where one of the decisive battles of the war was waged. He also served in other large battles and was under General Sterling Price most of time he was in the army. During the latter years he had been unable to get around much and had stayed with children at Hawkins Bank and in Salem. Funeral services are to be held at 2:00 o'clock Sunday afternoon at the chapel of the new Spencer's Funeral Home and burial will be at the Tune Graveyard. The Rev. S. B. Renshaw, minister of the Christian Church, will be in charge of the services, and it is likely that the members of Walker-Roney Post, American Legion, will conduct military services also. END (A) Dent County Historical Society. "...'Bressie Plot' Spring Creek, Sanford Inman Farm, Dent Co....Bressie Family settled central Mo. soon after LA purchase-1803; Eaphriam Bressie owned a large acreage in Dent County and was the largest slave owners in the area.(Took one for his wife and had a daughter named Martha Rosett Castone) He also operated a store and Inn at this site on the White River Trail, 2 miles NW of Salem. The second post office in Dent Co. Montauk (Indian Origin)later owned by the Watkins family (Presently by the Inman family)" Note: The Bressie farm was also a camp site of the Cherokee on the trail of tears which ran right through the property.(Northern Route). Submitted by Brooks Martin, descendent. _________________________________________________________________ STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail

----- Original Message ----- From: "Marvin Burge" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2003 9:15 AM Subject: [MO-CW] Camp Elk Horn > My great uncle, who lived in Daviess County, was a member of the 11th Mo > Inf, CSA. His service record indicates that he enlisted Sep 1862 at > Camp Elk Horn. (One of the muster rolls called it Camp Sugar Creek.) > So far, I've been unable to locate this site. Since Daviess County > stayed under Federal control for the whole course of the war, I assume > that the location is elsewhere and that he -- like many of his neighbors > -- slipped out of his county for a rendesvous site. Does anyone know > where Camp Elk Horn was? > Marv Burge > There was a Camp Elk Horn near Montgomery City, in Montgomery County. List of the Rebel Sympathisers of Montgomery County http://www.rootsweb.com/~momontgo/articles/rebel.html Desoto Joe/The Record Man

Someone on the mail list provided me once with a site that listed the battles that the MO 6th Cavalry, that later merged with the MO 11th infantry fought in or at. I am trying to further my research on my Gates ancestors who served in these regiments. I lost the site in a crash. Can someone tell me how to get back to it? Gena Gates Lally