Juneteenth and the lack of black lives in US curricula

[Dill]

(06-20-2020, 07:30 PM)masonbengals fan Wrote: Yes, apparently died of disease as did so many others. At least that's what is listed in the Federal prisoner of war records. Spelled as colarah in the handwritten paperwork but listed as pneumonia in Dorence Atwater's list. 37 years old. Entered the service in 1861 23rd Regiment company B Kentucky, captured 9-14-1863 at Ringold Georgia & died 1864.

https://allthatsinteresting.com/andersonville-prison


Sorry I didn't mean to hijack this thread. It's all worth learning about.

I'm interested. I had ancestors on both sides of the conflict--Texas and Ohio.  One of ours is buried at Sharpsburg. 

I still have the bayonet used by a great great uncle.