tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2076772516994296846.post906274742110186812..comments2023-10-31T14:01:24.808-04:00Comments on The Family Treethyme: Memorial DayBecke Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05347467350985614111noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2076772516994296846.post-57951655797002166822012-05-29T22:30:02.405-04:002012-05-29T22:30:02.405-04:00Isaiah's journals has a few descriptions of th...Isaiah's journals has a few descriptions of the hardships he endured during the war. My great-great grandfather on my mom's side also survived the war, but suffered throughout the rest of his life from a weakness in his lungs that developed from the awful conditions he survived. It's hard to conceive how many miles they walked, often without shoes.Becke Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05347467350985614111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2076772516994296846.post-58544378220012546742012-05-29T19:57:57.825-04:002012-05-29T19:57:57.825-04:00It's just so striking and sad thinking of all ...It's just so striking and sad thinking of all those young men marching into war--little protection against the elements or the war, just valor and dreams. I saw the battlefields with the bodies on it and thought, "Someone was the front line. They marched out there shooting right in the front line of that field." And you gotta wonder than anyone ever walked away. And you gotta wonder than anyone would be in that front line because how could you expect to walk away!!!<br /><br />Pictures from that era have always struck me because of how little people had. Your description of the wedding couple eating on a board and the boxes to sit on--that sort of thing. I have more clothes in my closet now than most of them owned in a lifetime! Some of the pictures from the battlefield showed men without shoes and/or such battered clothing overall even when they were posing before a battle. It's just incredible to consider the conditions.Maria Schneiderhttp://www.bearmountainbooks.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2076772516994296846.post-83914124972624407622012-05-29T19:49:25.237-04:002012-05-29T19:49:25.237-04:00Maria - I always thought of the Civil War as somet...Maria - I always thought of the Civil War as something very distant until I got into genealogy. Another ancestor of mine was killed at Shiloh (the battle of the Hornet's Nest) and I actually found a mention of his death in a history book. Now I'm fascinated with it!Becke Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05347467350985614111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2076772516994296846.post-59061546779194401032012-05-29T18:34:30.621-04:002012-05-29T18:34:30.621-04:00How wonderful that you have this. I spent part of...How wonderful that you have this. I spent part of yesterday googling Civil War pictures--it's very hard to imagine life back then and to imagine those men and boys going to war in open fields...well. It is a stark reminder of how far this country has come and to whom we owe our roots.Mariahttp://www.bearmountainbooks.comnoreply@blogger.com