RR, just so you don't think I am against the Confederacy, here is an ancestor of mine. I have many ancestors in both the Union and Confederate Army. Many were privates, some Captains, some Majors, and even several Colonels on both sides.
Col. 1st Ga Cav, Co B.; CSA
From the book CONFEDERATE COLONELS courtsey of Bruce Allardice.
Born c. 1831, in South Carolina. He was a farmer in Paulding County, Georgia and McLennan County, Texas, prewar. He married Nancy Carnes on April 29, 1854. Private Co. D, 1st GA CAV, 1862. Regimental QM, with the rank of Captain, April 1, 1862. Dropped October 23, 1862. Promoted to Major, May 2, 1863, at the special request of Col. Morrison, who noted Davitte's "gallantry in action". Lt. Col., April 11, 1864. Col., April 15, 1864. Resided in Polk County, Georgia, postwar. Died December 1898, Paulding County (now Polk) and is buried in the Davitte Family Cemetery, Aragon, Polk County, Georgia.
I have ancestors that fought in:
King Philip's War July 4, 1675 – August 12, 1676
King William's War 1689–1697
Queen Anne's War 1702–1713
American Revolution 1775–1783
War of 1812 1812–1815
Civil War 1861–1865
I have not yet found it, but I had another ancestor that fought in an Indian (?) War in Ohio and a large statue was erected for him, ( or it was part of his grave, don't know until I find the picture again ).
