… aside from my kin I’m going with Nathan Bedford Forrest … I modeled my facial hair after him

Forrest or Cleburne.

Though I hold Jackson in particular high regard for his fatalistic approach to life and death. It's in God's hands.

… man was fearless… too bad for friendly fire … might be living in different times if not for it

Joseph E Johnston i guess because he tried to hold them off not far from me in the last major battle of the war at Bentonville. Also my kin. Had two brothers in the 5th NC infantry one kia by artiller fire at cedar creek va. One made it back home

Sherman said "that devil Forrest must be hunted down and killed if it costs ten thousand lives and bankrupts the federal treasury".
Forrest and a relatively small group of men were fierce gorilla fighters.

Stunning features on younz both

Cleburne for me. Smart, respected by both sides, and actually spoke up against slavery. Bold move for the time.

…. Had one killed at Atlanta … a couple others as well …. And some made it .. one was a pow that survived

… them men fought hard being outnumbered like they were



… - of an occupation

They are all distant cousins of mine cousin Savell.

Relationship to Lt Gen Nathan Bedford Forrest
The husband of my 5th cousin five times removed

Relationship to Maj. General Patrick Ronayne Cleburne, CSA
My 6th cousin eight times removed

Relationship to General Robert Edward Lee Sr.
My 6th cousin seven times removed

Relationship to James Patton Anderson
The husband of my 6th cousin three times removed

Relationship to Brigadier General Daniel Weisiger Adams CSA
My 8th cousin four times removed

Relationship to Brigadier General William Wirt Adams CSA
My 8th cousin four times removed

Relationship to Brigadier General Edward Porter Alexander, CSA
The husband of my 8th cousin three times removed

Relationship to President Jefferson Finis Davis Sr.
The husband of my 8th cousin seven times removed

Relationship to Lt. Gen Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson
My 10th cousin three times removed

Relationship to Gen James Ewell Brown Stuart
My 10th cousin four times removed

Relationship to General Joseph Eggleston Johnston
My 11th cousin four times removed

Relationship to William C. Savell
My 12th cousin four times removed

Relationship to David Owen Dodd
My 13th cousin four times removed

Keith

Yes sir. The tactics of the time required brass ones. Ive always wanted to go see Gettysburg. I think my ppls unit was involved in Picketts charge from what ive read.

Nathan Bedford Forrest is the most handsome man that ever existed… if the war was based on facial symmetry the Glorious South would have easily obtained victory

….. get out of here with your stolen valor yankee! lol

You don’t look a thing like him…
Your eyes are too close together, ….
And your cranial front lobes are to small….

… a man can still dream

Well....they're all "good" confederates now.

About 10 relatives served and/or died fighting in the war of northern agression.

A handful were field officers. One known general.

Like Savell....I carry a few of these heroes' last name.

… imagine if they’d won you could go on trapping beaver without worry

… good to hear uncle Swamp… if there’d been a few more we’d have less problems

Momma’s side fought the mescins for Texas independence then fought for the Confederacy …. Dads side fought for the Confederacy out of Mississippi then went to Arkansas and finally Texas

Had a ggggrandfather that went up Little Round Top.

General James E. Brown (Jeb) Stuart

Yep

4 sure!

I like this one.

… I bet you do boy …. Love what yall have done with the place

Last of the Generals to fight. He and Sherman were life long friends after the War of Northern Aggression.

Another good confederate.

Most of my relatives fought out of North Carolina units. A couple that had ventured west before the war were in the Union Army. Even at the time, there were family members on both sides.

Wasn't Nathan Bedford Forrest a founder of the klan?

Robert E. Lee would be my fave. A man of integrity. Highly respected on both sides. My Great, great grandfather was shot in the leg at Chicamauga (sp.). Had it not been for a row of corn he claims he could of drowned. After the battle as he lay in the corn field, a huge rain storm swept through. He claims he was able to lay his head on the row, avoided the water, until he was moved to the rear. He lived to age 95 and died in 1931. My grandfather lived with him until age 11. He remembers that bullet wound in his leg always oozed. Locally the heathens have removed most if not all Confederate Memorials.

…. You’re a real pice of work boy … what your family fight for ? … transgender surgery?

…. Now we got some action around here

So far all of the Confederate generals I ran through Family Search are related to each other, many different ways, but mostly through just the same few common ancestors. The Northern generals have the same ancestors. Many of the common ancestors were European royalty and admirals and generals for Great Britain. Most have centuries of military leaders in their pedigrees. I believe that is very good evidence to a strong genetic predilection for being a great military strategist. Ancestry.com actually can identify by your genes that you will perform well that way.

Genetics are fascinating.

Keith

Sad deal

There are some great history pieces on Lee. A great man for sure.

He had to be one tough dude. He walked nearly 100 miles for training camp. Probably uphill both ways. And through a foot or 2 of snow. Another great, great granddaddy rode in the cavalry for the Army of Northern Virginia.

My dad (born 1910) remembers a few civil war vets in the 4th of July parades in St. Helens, Oregon. Oregon had vets from both the south and north. He said they always were at the head of the parade and rode in cars. Every year fewer until there were none. None of my kinfolk were involved as we immigrated in after the war mostly.

LOL! It literally doesn’t stop!

… and ain’t likely to stop anytime soon lol

I was fond of General Lee, the man and the car. But the car got outlawed in 2020. Now we got this….

Sacrilege right there

Always liked the story of David O. Dodd. At 17 executed for spying for the Confederacy.

Uslessass Grant

Forrest camped here near my home while laying seige to Paducah. Slapped the yanks around at Ft. Anderson and stole their horses, Lol.

Western Ky was confederate, the east was union....Have several confederate ancestors that mustered out of Hopkinsville, and fought for the army of Tennessee.

Besides family, a local Jack Hinson was my favorite confederate....The book "One man war" details him sniping union soldiers.

Robert E Lee then General Longstreet.

Most of mine were 32nd Alabama later 32nd/58th Consolidated and fought from Stones River to Spanish Fort. That included Chattanooga, where they took the worst of it on Missionary Ridge, to Atlanta and Franklin.
Got many others in the Army of Northern Virginia in various units.

One of my sons is named Jubal Early Warren, the other Nathan Forrest Warren.

… good man lol

Been doing some genealogy lately and dared dig into mama's daddy's side. Kind afraid that I'd find a yank there as they were mountain folk from North Alabama and East Tennessee and there were copperheads in the mountains.

Pleased to say I ain't found a bluebelly yet. Though the copperhead may still be true as I found home guard and state militia not CSA. At least they stood up for Alabama.

Her mama's people were ANV.

Now the American Revolution that took some digging as I knew granny was in the DAR but for the life of me I couldn't think of how as we were Carolina tories in that fight. Turns out on her mother's side we go back to a Brigadier General in the South Carolina militia. He lost three sons that were captured and executed by Bloody Tarleton.

Warrior, speaking of the revolutionary war look up Moore's creek battlefield in Wimington N.C....That was my family starting one of the initial engagements of that war with the British.

Tore the planks of a bridge, greased the support beams, ambushed and lit those redcoats up while they were trying to cross, Lol.

Sounds about right.

Do you have his name? I ran 40 some Revolutionary War generals through a few weeks ago and all but two were cousins and on those two, there was no data. They were mostly second through fifth cousins of mine many times removed.

Most of the high ranking European military and royalty married kids off to each other for a great many generations and our high ranking military, is almost all entirely descended from them.

The weirdest thing is that many of the sons and grandsons of the top European military became Quaker pacifists. The pacifists' offspring took up arms, when necessary and fought in the French and Indian and Revolutionary War.

I had 12 Quaker and 1 Amish many great grandfathers, who were disowned by their religions, for fighting in the battles of New Garden and Guilford Courthouse in North Carolina.

Keith

The confederate’s are them boys we whipped a mess of years ago right? Don’t know if I have a favorite, I’d have to see a list.

I know of the last Highland Charge. Some of my McLeods were in that charge under Colonel MacDonald.

Oh crap, sounds like our ancestors had it out, Lol....Interestingly the Moore's are scottish also.

Brigadier General James Williams KIA at King's Mountain. My great grandmother was a Williams.

The Confederate Army had loads of good men that I'd love to have a beer with, but their leaders' motives were quite clearly wrong. As a matter of fact, as an infantryman myself, I'd bet that I could sit around a fire with a huge majority of infantrymen of any army of the last couple hundred years and we would all fit right in together. Real warriors are all pretty similar folks, at least in my experience. The north fought to keep the country as the founding fathers intended, and thank god they succeeded. Now, the far north backwoods are pretty similar to the southern rednecks when it comes to political beliefs; I think it's more closely aligned to rural vs urban instead of north vs south. Here's what my personal opinion boils down to: the motive behind the Confederacy was shameful, and North America is a better place due to the outcome of this war. However, any man of war, who lives with integrity and stands up for what they believe in, is a man among men to me. Just because you happened to be an enlisted man on the wrong side of the war doesn't make you any less of a man to me.

P.S. - renaming Army bases to erase Confederate names is embarrassing and dishonorable

… agree with your last sentence

…. But The north fought against 1776

I know there's a lot of folks that disagree with me, but that's what's great about this country. I care less about your opinion, and more about the fact that you're able to express it without fear of retribution. That's what the American fighting man is really fighting for. Regardless of opinions about the civil war, I'd wager that we could split a 30 pack around a fire out back and be best friends at the end of the night (as long as your Texas speak comes out close to english).

Like!^^^^

I admire the exploits of John Singleton Mosby.

Relationship to James Williams
The husband of my 8th cousin eight times removed



Keith

Relationship to Colonel John Singleton Mosby
My 10th cousin four times removed



Keith

So far every single Confederate has been traceably related to me.

Relationship to Col James Moore lll
The husband of my 15th cousin once removed



I will admit, sorry Savell, Grants my cousin too.

When the Confederate men came together to fight for their way of life, it was family coming together to fight as they always have.

Keith

One of my sources has him born in Virginia. The Edgefield District produced many of my kinfolk. The revolution in Georgia/SC/NC was as much civil war between neighbors as it was revolution.
It's why my bunch headed to Spanish West Florida.

let's see the south were all Democrats right. You claim that people would still be trapping if you won. Then ask if we are fighting for transgender surgery? Those seem to be Democrats hot items at this time. It took the first Republican president to straighten out you guys last mess. Now we got another one trying to fix this mess. I hope you don't take up those battles maybe you'll still be able to tell the deference between a man and a woman.

You know good & well that the ideology of democrats and republicans have completely swapped platforms over the last few decades.

Try again!

There were mostly good people and a few bad people, on both sides during the Civil War. Pretty much everybody, with early US ancestry, had relatives fight for both sides. We should all be glad that our ancestors were able to make amends and come together to be the greatest country the world has ever known.

Picking to much at old wounds can reopen them. It's important to learn from the past and interesting, but there's no good reason to keep any old hard feelings alive, amongst our people, when all the primary actors are long dead. We are stronger together than divided

Keith

You sure about that? Remember the Confederates were mainly Democrats.

…. See Swampwolfs post

… amazing these things have to be explained lol

Well bless your heart, you ain't from around here are you?

Yes, they were democrats but not the liberal ones of today. They were ultra conservative. If anything seccession was over 10th amendment issues and Jim Crow was definitely as well and for preservation of the social status quo. Matter of fact the still extant sodomy laws are in the southern states.

The party switch came about as the national dims went left and the rinos developed a conservative Goldwater wing.

my favorite confederate is Jeremy Savell. all in favor raise a toast

I have no dog in this fight, my people showed up here shortly after the Civil War, but it's interesting that so many guys can trace their ancestry back to certain individuals. I can barely get past the ones that walked off the boat...

BTW the party of Lincoln was never conservative, fiscal or otherwise. Completely aside from their abolitionist position take a look at the transcontinental railroad. Modern day rinos would be envious to pour that much federal money and assets towards big corporations. And they did that while using federal power to militarily coerce the states, both south and north, into line.

Ask yourself under which party did the "robber barons" of the gilded age arise?

Had Kin on both sides -Missouri Guerillas and in the 20th Maine ...My Favorite Confederate Officer is " Bloody " Bill Anderson . He got peoples attention !

…. Yeah bloody Bill and Jesse

Jeremy??? Is that really his first name??

First name Micheal middle name Jeremy… for some reason mom started calling me by my middle name when people would call me little Mike after my dad

I'd have to call B.S. on that. Democrats have always been the party of Slavery, today Slavery is just economic subversion. And building infrastructure for the country is not pouring money into big corporations. It makes a nation more able to move goods and people around, making things cheaper and more available, allowing all people to live a better life. And yes, corporations make money, but have you never heard the old adage that a rising tide raises ALL boats?

Holy Crap, thats the paper in my home town. I'll go find that author of the article and have him horse whipped. But, nobody reads the paper anymore.

Billy Carter

I remember reading about John mosby nicknamed “ the rebel raider” before I even knew about the civil war… I think I was in the 4th grade at the time. My 5 grade year I was introduced to the civil war by our history teacher.. and it was an in depth lesson.. even showed the battle formations of several engagements,, of course Gettysburg, was the major one…Antietam, battle of the wilderness, Fredericksburg were the ones I remember most.
Our teacher didn’t go with the good guy, bad guy mantra..
he was responsible for my interest in the civil war.

A leapord never changes it's spots.