Re:Last Person to Receive Civil War-Era Pension Dies
by irrational on Wednesday June 03, 2020 @12:46AM
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My earliest ancestors came over in 1620, the last came over in the 1850s. So during the civil war, all my ancestors were already on this continent. However, none of them participated in the war since they all lived out west, beyond the boundaries of the USA, throughout the war.
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Re:Last Person to Receive Civil War-Era Pension Dies
by goda90 on Wednesday June 03, 2020 @01:24AM
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The West was involved in the war in various ways. California was a state and Nevada became one. Gold and volunteers were sent east. There were troops sent to secure New Mexico from the confederacy.
Re:Last Person to Receive Civil War-Era Pension Dies
by irrational on Wednesday June 03, 2020 @02:41AM
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None of those are places my ancestors lived.
Re:Last Person to Receive Civil War-Era Pension Dies
by goda90 on Wednesday June 03, 2020 @04:39PM
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The civil war took place after the Mexican-American war and the establishment of the border with British Canada. What is the western US now was under US control. Some parts were states, some territories. There was military and political activity all over the region related to the civil war. My ancestors lived in Utah. They didn't go fight, but that doesn't mean they were entirely isolated from the events.
Re:Last Person to Receive Civil War-Era Pension Dies
by pmiller2 on Wednesday June 03, 2020 @01:45AM
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1620 huh? You might be my distant cousin.
Re:Last Person to Receive Civil War-Era Pension Dies
by stormdennis on Wednesday June 03, 2020 @01:01AM
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In gangs of New York they portray immigrants getting off ships, being recruited and then being put on other ships to head south. Doubtless there's a good dollop of artistic licence involved but it possibly was a thing