Fate is kind to some and not others. My father's and mother's great grandfathers fought in different regiments, basically side by side at the Wilderness, where one was wounded.

I'm in for that

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I visited monroe,nc when I worked for Cuddy Farms. On the center of town an Obelisk was erected in Memory of company G after years l learned that Company G was decimated after Pickets Charge suffering more casualties than any other unit engaged.Huzzah for 26TH NCV 🙏

Wow man,mind if you can tell his name.Im from New Bern N.C.and the 26th fought gallantly here before Gettysberg.

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Forgot to mention that two of my cousins at one time owned Cloverhill the home of the Jones family where Major John Jones and his brother Walter grew up. Major Jones died on May 6, 1864 again leading the 26th at the Battle of the Wilderness. He is buried with his family in the valley at the Chapel of Rest. Collett Leventhorpe who was the colonel of the 11th NC on the first day at Gettysburg is also buried there.

Just look at Portland Oregon and everyone should easily see how very close we are to this exact same situation!!!

I guarantee you its worth the trip

Good book...

PrimeTimeChris420 You can donate directly to the National Park Service via the National Park Foundation (www.nationalparks.org/ click "GIVE NOW"). You can also donate to Gettysburg National Military Park's non-profit partner organization, the Gettysburg Foundation.

Specifically I don't know, but Grant didn't care too much for pomp and circumstances and quite a few musicians, along with heavy artillerymen ended up in combat units during the Overland Campaign and Petersburg siege. Grant said he could recognize two songs. One was (IIRC) "Yankee Doodle" and other one wasn't.

Crystal, there's a link to some of the notes that Ranger Hewitt passes out in the video description. Pasted it here for ya: docs.google.com/file/d/0B6SMKEFUruyDeHFpRDdJck03dHM/edit?pli=1 The slides detailing the Coffey clan are pages 49, 50, and 51. Hope you are able to find some info from them!

I served with my cousin for all 3 years of our active enlistment (1968-1971) US Navy but we were never in a combat zone.

The National D-Day Memorial is in Bedford, VA. They were from the 29th Infantry. Read this: "Thirty-four Virginia National Guard soldiers from the town of Bedford were part of D-Day. Nineteen of them were killed during the first day of the invasion, and four more died during the rest of the Normandy campaign. The town and the "Bedford Boys" had proportionately suffered the greatest losses of the campaign, thus inspiring the United States Congress to establish the D-Day memorial in Bedford. The Bedford Boys included three sets of brothers: twins Roy and Ray Stevens, with Ray killed during the landing while Roy survived, Clyde and Jack Powers, with Jack killed and Clyde wounded but surviving, and Bedford and Raymond Hoback, both killed. The losses by the soldiers from Bedford were chronicled in the best-selling book The Bedford Boys by Alex Kershaw, and helped inspire the movie Saving Private Ryan. The movie's director, Steven Spielberg, helped fund the memorial, including funding for the creation of the Arnold M. Spielberg Theater, in honor of his father, a World War II veteran.". Not to be a smart ass, just to help clarify.

@@markanderson6716 Enlightening people to facts of obscure history is not being a smartass. If someone smirks or shuns what a person is trying to teach them, l feel like that that individual is doomed to failure. My dad had a saying, "A hard head makes for a soft ass". Meaning if you don't pay attention when someone is trying to teach you,you will truly regret it later.

+T Bone I think you mean 1st Minnesota.

24th Michigan lost 588 men.