[ratpack] Re: My Great Great Grandfather
- From: humminboid@xxxxxxxxxxx
- To: ratpack@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 31 May 2010 14:29:20 +0000 (UTC)
John:
Treasure your picture! I f you don't have a family history, write one.
M y great-grandfather served in the 3rd Florida I nfantry and was wounded
during the " late unpleasantness with the North". Maybe my ancestors were
shooting at your ancestors?
He and my great-grandmother raised my father after my grand father died a month
after dad was bor n. Due to the circumstances of my father's youth, family
members still won't talk to us "black sheep", even almost 100 years later. I
don't have a picture of any member of my family on my father's side, except my
grandmother.
Later; C.
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Christensen" <johncgg@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "El Camino List" <elky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Rat Pack" <ratpack@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, May 31, 2010 5:27:43 AM GMT -07:00 US/Canada Mountain
Subject: [ratpack] My Great Great Grandfather
Memorial Day 2010
This is for all Veterans out there.... Thanks.
Philander Allen Brant was in the 12th Iowa Infantry, and transferred in to the
4th Iowa infantry during the civil War. A search for books through the Camp
Pope book store in Iowa City will reveal at least one about the 4th Iowa
written in diary form by the Chaplain during this time. Although they may be
out of print now, used ones might be available. More died from complications
from blisters on their feet, because they marched from Iowa to Kentucky,
Tennessee, and back, than died in battle. It was miserable to go through what
they did at that time. I have always cherished this picture. Note the Civil War
pin.
JC
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