^^^ the high and mighty yanks don’t care to hear all that

Nope, at the time, they just wanted to take out the competition. Same thing going on across the middle east, Ukraine, and Venezuela as we speak.

Honest question.

How many of us know people that would be much better off in life getting three hots and a cot for life in exchange for free labor?

With .gov's welfare system I think that might be already in place....minus the labor part of course. lol

Grandpa Levi J. Knight (my 5th great grandpa)
One of the first white settlers in this part of Georgia. Went from killing marauding Creek/Seminole Indians in this area in the 1830s-40s to leading some of his same Ga militia in the War of Northern Aggression.

That some great history Swamp Wolf....I'd be proud of that.

Ive been to the graves of Grandpa Knight, his parents, his daughter, his granddaughter, his great granddaughter (she died when I was a toddler/she was my great grandma), and then my grandmother.

There were several of his brothers, sons, and son in laws that fought the Creeks as they were travelling thru here heading into Florida. Some of those guys went on to join the Confederacy. One or 2 of those were killed in battles.

I have a very connected family history here in southern Georgia.

…. Had a couple that fought in the battle of Atlanta Swamp … one didn’t make it

… maybe our kin knew one another

Here's an article printed in a Yankee newspaper written by Grandpa Knight after one indian skirmish about 30 miles north of where I currently live. This letter was written to the Georgia governor.

Its a bit hard to read but it can be made out if you zoom in.

… uncle Swamp… if our kin ever did meet…. I bet mine beat yours in arm wrestling… matter of fact I’d garauntee it

Probably.....but Grandpa and 'dem didn't mind shooting a fleeing Creek squaw in the back with #4 buckshot.

…. Well them injuns didn’t mind scalping a white woman either.. so turn abouts fair play lol

Also says they left 'em laying where they fell for the buzzards and other wild critters.

Seems Grandpa didnt have much use for those Indians.

I bet they treated them Yanks the same way about 15 years later...

During my GW years, I stumbled across two seperate old log cabins grown over by the woods that had wooden shutters that when shut had gun ports cut into them. Must have been a bit rough back then for the early settlers.

Got pics of them somewhere in all the pics I have.

… find them and post them

…. We got wild Africans and methheads you got to watch out for around here lol

Oh that would be cool to see swamp.

Oh! You said methheads. I thought you said Methodists. lol. Gotta look out for those rascals.

… I got faith he’ll find them and post em up

The 32nd Alabama Infantry fought from Chickamauga to Nashville. They were the unit atop Missionary Ridge when Sherman broke out of Chattanooga. My ggg grandfather Cpl Malcom McLeod was lost in that battle, his brother Cpt Daniel McLeod was there and lost a son and son in law in addition to his brother. Matter of fact because the regiment was raised by county each company was more or less made up of kinsmen and cousins. Missionary Ridge left alot of widows in Clarke county, Alabama. They were consolidated with the 58th Alabama Infantry for the remainder of the war and finally mustered out at Spanish Fort on the Eastern Shore on Mobile Bay.

BTW, I recently learned that landmines were used by the confederacy in the battles at Spanish Fort and Blakely. They were 12 pounder shells equipped with a pressure detonator. Only known from there and Savannah. Shame they weren't developed earlier.

Once a green jeans always a green jeans.


They don’t forget or lose anything and always have evidence .


He has them.