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| 17 July 2009 | |
| My great great great grand father was a Colonel in the Civil War. Born in 1827 and died in 1874 in a town call Strothers SC. He fought in the Mexican American War of 1848. He was a State senator from Florida. He fought with a regiment from Arkansas and was captured by Union soldiers on July 8, 1863, 4 days after General Grant captured Vicksburg. | |
| 17 July 2009 | |
| as I recall from my history classes, yes, there were several 'bluffs' made by both sides | |
| 17 July 2009 | |
| My great grandfather was part of the bluffs. Although his regiment participated in a number of the major battles in Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia, they spent most of their time marching back and forth across Tennessee and Kentucky. He enlisted as a private in 1861, ended the war as a sergeant and mustered out in December 1865 as a first lieutenant.
Does this qualify me to prepare a return for a 501(c)(23) organization? | |
| 17 July 2009 | |
| Buff, sorry for misspelling. No it does not qualify you to prepare a return for a 501(c)(23) organization, however, it will aid us in our need for stress relief.
Sorry, I was under the impression that this was a general chat forum. We are not accountants 24/7. | |
| 17 July 2009 | |
| Kevin, you are so funny. I have learned a lot from your discussions. | |
| 17 July 2009 | |
| I am related to Old Stonewall himself. In fact, a decendent of his famous horse, Bullet, is grazing peacefully in my meadow as I write this.
Even today, I've been known to sacrifice thousands of my men (hourly employees) to advance the line a few meters (like Ole Stonewall hisself would be proud to do). | |
Death&Taxes (talk|edits) said: | 17 July 2009 |
| I think this is great! 47 years was probably not a long life even then. And where is Strothers in relation to Columbia? Spent two of my fondest years there.
Of course, I had this great uncle on my mother's side who was wiped out by the Crash of '29. Mother's family came over from Abruzzi in Central Italy. She always told us about Uncle Giacomo, manuevering his push cart down Wall Street when a despondent broker land on it after launching himself from the 23rd floor. No pushcart, no business and in those days, no bail out. | |
| July 17, 2009 | |
| Yes, this is great! I did a little digging and found out that my great, great grandmother actually started the first bicycle message service near the end of the war. She was hired by a few rich families who wanted to keep in touch with their loved ones. As I understand it, she had some close calls with stray bullets, but she lived a long and healthy life. | |
| 17 July 2009 | |
| STROTHERS IS IN FAIRFIELD COUNTY SC, ABOUT 30 MILES NORTH OF COLA. | |
| 20 July 2009 | |
| Crow, I wonder if our families knew each other ... my mine marched with Sherman. Who knows, maybe we are even related :) | |
