tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29569768.post3086863807810684234..comments2024-03-12T00:53:33.194-07:00Comments on THE DUST WILL WAIT: One Wore Blue and One Wore GreyPamelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05404943895800549273noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29569768.post-54037308339972684012009-01-23T20:24:00.000-08:002009-01-23T20:24:00.000-08:00When I was young (in the early 1950s) and my great...When I was young (in the early 1950s) and my great grandmother Morse would come to visit, she would hang a picture of Abraham Lincoln over her bed. She told me what a great man he was and how wonderful it was that the North had won and the slaves were freed and so on. She was the daughter of Capt. Thomas Putnam Gray of the Blue Army.<BR/><BR/>And then my great grandmother Dunavant would come to visit. She hung a picture of Robert E. Lee over her bed and told me what a great man he was and how terrible it was that the South had lost.bill.everetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16920758387477620473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29569768.post-64656378482606504552008-05-27T19:41:00.000-07:002008-05-27T19:41:00.000-07:00Pamela, thank you for reposting last year's Memori...Pamela, thank you for reposting last year's Memorial Day post and for this link. Your writing is wonderful and your family's history is intriguing.<BR/><BR/>If we are indeed all threads in the God's tapestry, He is really a marvelous weaver.Sandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01727506305170439878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29569768.post-68097270801775524912008-05-27T17:14:00.000-07:002008-05-27T17:14:00.000-07:00Pamela, I so love reading your stories about your ...Pamela, I so love reading your stories about your family history. You are right that history is more than something written in a dry text to learn at school. Your stories make it live and make me care about who these people were, the lives they lived and what dreams they had. Thanks, too, for the Memorial Day post. I've landed here last, so the comment goes here, but it is for both posts:o)Jennihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08483309441288822407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29569768.post-21955617059672211542006-12-01T07:28:00.000-08:002006-12-01T07:28:00.000-08:00I was deeply moved when I first heard the American...I was deeply moved when I first heard the American Civil War poem/song about the two brothers some forty years ago. The line: 'a cannon ball don't pay no mind' to me says it all regarding the sad futility of the civil war and indeed all wars. However, we just don't seem to learn from our mistakes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29569768.post-73178346212903330272006-11-13T06:36:00.000-08:002006-11-13T06:36:00.000-08:00What it must have been like...What it must have been like...Masagohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12739811491183011023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29569768.post-70248001402575008122006-11-07T06:32:00.000-08:002006-11-07T06:32:00.000-08:00The last three paragraphs of this post were partic...The last three paragraphs of this post were particularly poignant to me. I'm glad so many of your readers actually READ this one (so many skip over family or historical "longer" posts). <br /><br />So often it's easy to relegate history to a one-dimensional "telling" of something long ago and far away, far from "real". We do it with scripture all the time. What a gift you are giving your children and grands (and their children and grands) but delving into your history, to tell it again anew. You are blessed to be a blessing :).Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03591733577488673442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29569768.post-42954918800822247212006-11-06T12:32:00.000-08:002006-11-06T12:32:00.000-08:00Those census takers tried hard and did a great job...Those census takers tried hard and did a great job, but they were winging it on spelling a lot. I've found a variety of weird spellings for family names in the census, AND a lot of mistranscriptions, too. So if you ever find it impossible to find someone, try variations on the spelling of a name. I just found an important enter was not Butter, as Ancestry had it, but instead it was BUTLER. In fairness, you just couldn't tell what the name was supposed to be.Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10512819792748140484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29569768.post-13877586345440238522006-11-05T20:33:00.000-08:002006-11-05T20:33:00.000-08:00What a great history lesson and personal story. T...What a great history lesson and personal story. Thanks for sharing, I love stuff like this and found it really interesting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29569768.post-18986992372223876402006-11-05T12:46:00.000-08:002006-11-05T12:46:00.000-08:00very cool to have the knowledge of your family! M...very cool to have the knowledge of your family! My husbands family has a lots of records, my family has no more than 4 generations. Ah well... guess I will have to be that interesting person in history for the next few generations to come! lolHelenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06481533361253699464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29569768.post-57699897018955017832006-11-05T12:15:00.000-08:002006-11-05T12:15:00.000-08:00That is so interesting. . .Just think what "might ...That is so interesting. . .Just think what "might not have been" had Elisha been there on that day. . .Wow! ! !<br /><br />Thank you so much for sharing! ! !Shaunahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11438491994354399537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29569768.post-2630090930347506602006-11-05T09:33:00.000-08:002006-11-05T09:33:00.000-08:00How wonderful that you have these pieces of histor...How wonderful that you have these pieces of history preserved in your family. My Grandma was very into geneology and traced our family's history back to the American Revolution.Susiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00024132046092264711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29569768.post-52537990602676795912006-11-05T09:26:00.000-08:002006-11-05T09:26:00.000-08:00What an amazing history you have! I think it's so...What an amazing history you have! I think it's so cool that you research it so your family will know this. How awesome!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29569768.post-28351593098434474712006-11-05T05:16:00.000-08:002006-11-05T05:16:00.000-08:00What a lovely story and history lesson rolled into...What a lovely story and history lesson rolled into oneJeanettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16993328454036416214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29569768.post-42296153291722602242006-11-05T04:42:00.000-08:002006-11-05T04:42:00.000-08:00Pamela, I just had to come back and read your stor...Pamela, I just had to come back and read your story again. It makes history so much more interesting to hear it told through the words of someone I "know." We have visited several museums and battlefields of the Civil War, and I am always amazed at how many 1,000's were killed and injured. So many of us were in some way affected by that War and don't know it, but you have proof. How wonderful for you and your children to know your historical story.Swampwitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01264842305941523035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29569768.post-88702646122546345262006-11-04T23:43:00.000-08:002006-11-04T23:43:00.000-08:00It's really a very interesting story ! and you are...It's really a very interesting story ! and you are so lucky to have been able to find all this out ! It's so interesting to find out what your ancestors did or where they lived. The only thing I know is that my great great grandma worked as a room maid in a castle (I have seen it already) and were the mistress of the count. Can you immagine what it was at this time to have a child without husband ? Nobody knows what became out of her, my grandma's mother never talked about her mother. Therefore I have blue blood in me ! (lol)Gattinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06636525277807715146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29569768.post-58940132967297281922006-11-04T22:31:00.000-08:002006-11-04T22:31:00.000-08:00Could you imagine how it would affect the families...Could you imagine how it would affect the families if they did have to fight each other? Thank you for sharing this personal story with us!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29569768.post-56464331635800104872006-11-04T21:27:00.000-08:002006-11-04T21:27:00.000-08:00Interesting to think how our past ancestors lived ...Interesting to think how our past ancestors lived and died.Karmyn Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14476299332362683029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29569768.post-54204066364017670432006-11-04T15:31:00.000-08:002006-11-04T15:31:00.000-08:00It is very interesting to read about the past espe...It is very interesting to read about the past especially facts that bring it close to home. I have often thought about the women who stayed home and waited sometimes to never see their husbands again.C...https://www.blogger.com/profile/09382827565772645760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29569768.post-82556218407213336942006-11-04T12:31:00.000-08:002006-11-04T12:31:00.000-08:00I don't know much about my great-grandparents.. an...I don't know much about my great-grandparents.. and beyond.<br /><br />It's fabulous that you have so many treasures from the past to share.<br /><br />MarnieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29569768.post-14472259651853420862006-11-04T12:18:00.000-08:002006-11-04T12:18:00.000-08:00What a history lesson...and a personal one. I'm su...What a history lesson...and a personal one. I'm sure there were many instances of brothers fighting brothers in the Civil War...Great pic, too.Swampwitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01264842305941523035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29569768.post-42867847272957677432006-11-04T11:17:00.000-08:002006-11-04T11:17:00.000-08:00WOW! I can't believe they would have fought each o...WOW! I can't believe they would have fought each other. And to think, their extended offspring would end up falling in love in starting a family together. Amazing how things work out, isn't it. Loved this post mom. Very interesting. And you are right; history is something so important. There is much more to it than we give credit to.Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10044700945518602210noreply@blogger.com