Monday, March 29, 2010
Saturday, March 27, 2010
Twin Oaks Plantation, Alabama
Captain Nathan Carpenter organized a company of men called the Confederate Rangers on the lawn in front of the house in 1862 . He was elected as captain of the unit. It would become Company B of the 36th Regiment Alabama Infantry. The company would see action in the battles of Chattanooga, Chickamauga, Nashville, and the Atlanta Campaign. Nathan Carpenter died on May 5, 1907, with Marjorie following him on February 14, 1911.
The house is now owned by the Charles and Jan Bullock. The Bullocks began a restoration of Twin Oaks in 1995.
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Culpepper Confederate States Army
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Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Confederate Monument, Livingston, AL
SWR's, Richard Culpepper's GGGGrandpa's Sons are Listed on this Monument...9 Sons Fought For The 40th AL Infantry Reg Vol., and also the 37th.
Culpepper Confederate States Army
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Thursday, March 11, 2010
Tuesday, March 09, 2010
Forrest Monument & Graveyard Gainsville, Alabama
Culpepper, Confederate States Army
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The final resting place of 250 Civil War soldiers who were injured in the Battle of Shiloh and brought to the hospital in the Female Academy in Gainesville.
Forrest Monument and the Confederate Graveyard in Gainsville, the cannon, sent up from New Orleans on the river, sad to say, they never had a chance to use it.
Forward The Colours...God Speed
The final resting place of 250 Civil War soldiers who were injured in the Battle of Shiloh and brought to the hospital in the Female Academy in Gainesville.
Forrest Monument and the Confederate Graveyard in Gainsville, the cannon, sent up from New Orleans on the river, sad to say, they never had a chance to use it.
Saturday, March 06, 2010
The Battle of Marianna, Florida
St. Luke's Burial Ground
The last stand of the Marianna Home Guard took
place here in the cemetery behind St. Luke's.
Surrounded by Union soldiers, the local men and
boys held out until they ran low on ammunition. The
home guard members were fired on by Union
troops after they had surrendered. Captain George
Maynard of the 82nd U.S. Colored Infantry
received a Congressional Medal of Honor in part
for bringing the shooting to a close and saving the
lives of Confederate prisoners here. Florida's
Confederate Governor, John Milton, is buried here.