Civil War Headstones: youth

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Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Local Civil War Soldier Grave Site Recognized

Here's a neat local story about the gravesite of Samuel Hill who was just 12 years old when the Civil War broke out.

Tales from the Tomb

They say "dead men tell no tales."

I hope that's not true, for if it is, this blog will not have much material.

My name is Richard McCormick and I have published a blog called My Civil War Obsession for over a year. One passion that I have just rediscovered is looking for headstones of Civil War veterans and finding out some of the stories of these veterans' lives. Sometimes, it's just their obituaries, but other times I find some other interesting stories of their lives. I published a couple on my Obsession, and have a few more for which I am currently looking for some more information.

I thought it might be nice to have one forum where I could focus solely on these types of stories, so I started this new blog. With so many men and women having been affected by the war, I think focusing on a few of these individual "mini-biographies" will provide

I will still publish the Obsession, and it will be updated more frequently than this one, but I have a feeling this one will require more legwork and research. It may be harder to find material here, but I have a feeling there is a lot of good stuff out there just waiting for someone to find it. Why not me?

Please visit my slideshow of many of the pictures I have so far. I do have duplicates of some headstones, just to help me try to read some of them.

Don't hesitate to leave me comments or suggestions here or by email at captainrlm at live dot com

Thanks,
Richard

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Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Local Civil War Soldier Grave Site Recognized