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I doubting that there's anyone now alive with a real background in the Old West. When I was a kid I met several people who had lived history including an old Black Man who served under Pershing in the Phillipines. Maybe one day we'll be the ones tel…
Thanks for the post Michael. Very interesting to hear a person's voice that was actually in the Civil War.
How many were they ? after a "split" there would hardly be enough to buy feed for the horses and get drunk . . ;)
There is a debate as to whether the last surviving veteran was Williams or John B. Salling of the 25th VA who died the same year as Williams at the age of 112. He was interviewed and recorded. His service appears rather uneventful. Scroll down to nu…
All I remember is Wlliams lying in his coffin with flags at his feet and head. I remember one of the flags being the Battle Flag. I'd like to say that he was in uniform but that just might be a memory that got added on. I was eight and it's been a l…
It would be interesting to see if there is a video floating around the internet of it.
Dec 18, 1860
Capt Sul Ross leads Texas Rangers in an attack on a Comanche camp. The attack is successful with many killed or scattered and Cynthia Ann Parker 'freed'. Cynthia was the mother of future Comanche Chief Quannah Parker. Cynthia was return…
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