July 2, 1862

[billyk]

My Great Grandfather was from Iowa and fought in the Civil War on the Union side. I don’t know much about what he did other than the fact that he survived and passed on a GAR medal to my dad.

One of my Great Grandfather’s cousins, however, was from Missouri, and fought for South (in a possibly irregular fashion). He died at the Battle of Lone Jack, the same battle that Rooster Cogburn said he lost his eye at in the movie True Grit.

Cole Younger also fought at Lone Jack. Unclear whether Jesse James was there or not.

I had another relative who was a sheriff in Kansas City after the war, and was mentioned in a book my dad had about the Pinkertons as being involved in chasing down the James/Younger gang.

[My Pet Powder Goat]

Found out last year that my Great great grandfather was a union soldier in Gettysburg.
My mother's side is a Sherman.
Vermont was a fiercely abolishinist state and sent many to fight the cause; I take vermonters ignorant of our history acting like apologist for the confederacy and flying the cenfederate flag personal. Getthefuckoutofherewiththatshit.

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[old goat]

The racists are still fighting at Gettysburg, except that this time no one showed up for them to fight.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/inves...73b_story.html