Diane and all... Wow! Those words made tears swell in my eyes and my heart aches with pride for those brave souls that whatever brought them to feel so strongly on one side or another that they gave their lives. I pray we never see that day in this country again. There's a lot to be said..."United We Stand, Divided We Fall." L'est we Forget! My great grandfather fought for the CSA. He owned no slaves either. He was captured at Missionary Ridge, put in prison in Rock Island, Illinois. He was released on some sort of prisoner exchange. He joined again. Had he been caught...he'd have been shot on the spot. When the war was over, he was somewhere near Atlanta...he walked to Nashville, where his family sent a wagon for him to bring him back to Nelson Co. Ky. Merry Christmas Laura Louisville, Ky.

Laura - the courage of those men, most poor farmers who could not ever hope to own a slave, and the women they left behind, boggles my mind! I have done enough research to know the hardships involved for both and the movie 'Cold Mountain' came pretty close to the truth - happy endings were rare and all who returned were never the same again. Boys left for adventure and to fight for a premise that I am sure many never even understood. They just knew their 'country', their state, called them, and they answered - so many - and so many dead - so many families left desolate. I found David's widow, Huldah (my brick wall but according to Franklin County marriage record - Quailes - I just can't find her family!) in the same place, living with one of her daughters, Martha, a widow at age 22, both are working as a seamstress. By 1880, Martha has remarried - and I find Huldah, who had again cheated on her age (she did every census getting younger and younger), working as a housekeeper for an e! lderly couple in Madison County, Ga. - and I lose her there... my own ancestor, Nancy, the oldest child of Huldah and David moved to S.C. with her soldier husband, W. B. Quailes, Anderson Sharpshooters, - severely wounded in the head at Frazier's farm, he recovered and was present at Appomattox. There my great-grandmother was born and William tried farming - didn't take long and the young family moved to Atlanta. There, during the flu epidemic of 1869, after nursing her oldest child, Willie Johnston, he died at 7 1/2 yrs., 6 mos. later, Nancy, weakened by the flu, dies in childbirth with an un-named daughter. My great-grandmother was Nancy's only living child. None of the family knew anything about the story of the McDonald family until I began searching and I am just happy I was able to find them! is it o.k. if I wish everyone a Merry Christmas? well, I just did... Diane ----- Original Message ----- From: JONESDOGS@aol.com To: VAHANOVE-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2005 7:37 PM Subject: Re: [VAHANOVE] Discussion on Oakwood Cemetery Diane and all... Wow! Those words made tears swell in my eyes and my heart aches with pride for those brave souls that whatever brought them to feel so strongly on one side or another that they gave their lives. I pray we never see that day in this country again. There's a lot to be said..."United We Stand, Divided We Fall." L'est we Forget! My great grandfather fought for the CSA. He owned no slaves either. He was captured at Missionary Ridge, put in prison in Rock Island, Illinois. He was released on some sort of prisoner exchange. He joined again. Had he been caught...he'd have been shot on the spot. When the war was over, he was somewhere near Atlanta...he walked to Nashville, where his family sent a wagon for him to bring him back to Nelson Co. Ky. Merry Christmas Laura Louisville, Ky. ==== VAHANOVE Mailing List ==== If you wish to unsubscribe from the Hanover Co., VA mailing list, send only the word UNSUBSCRIBE to VAHANOVE-l-request@rootsweb.com or if you are on the Digest List to VAHANOVE-d-request@rootsweb.com ============================== View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find marriage announcements and more. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.371 / Virus Database: 267.14.3/209 - Release Date: 12/21/2005