Sunday, May 08, 2005

My Antique Civil War era gun collection!

This is a picture of my Civil War antique gun collection; these are official, real weapons used between 1850 and 1870. Notice the Confederate battle flag! My paternal great, great grandfather fought with the Confederate Army. His name was Thomas Z. Prather: he was with the 15th Georgia Volunteer Infantry regiment. His unit fought in ALL of the major battles in the War for Southern Independence (aka Civil War): he was at Fredericksburg in 1862, Gettysburg in 1863, Chickamauga in 1863, Petersburg in 1864, and even surrendered with General Robert E. Lee at Appamattox Court House on April 9th, 1865. By the way, he was only 15 years-young when he enlisted, and despite being wounded at Chickamauga, this young man survived that terrible war! am proud of my ancestor! And I am proud to be an American.Posted by Hello

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  1. Anonymous10:33 PM

    Awesome!
    So proud of you, of who you really are.
    Padme

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