Faces of the Confederacy: Rare Identified Images of Confederate Soldiers.

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@deedeewinfrey3181 2 ай бұрын

I remember playing in the trenches that were dugout during the Civil War near Utoy Creek south of Atlanta. There were trees laying across them they used for protection. We found locks, chains, mini balls, and cannon balls in those trenches. Even as kids, we knew they were very important. I lost 9 family members in that war. One was Francis Freeman, and she died fighting beside her brother, defending their farm. She was in uniform. She has a Confederate cross memorial on her grave. She was only nineteen. I love your channel. Thank you for sharing.❤

@BirdDogg 2 ай бұрын

Was fortunate enough to get to metal detect down around Utoy one time about five years ago and was still finding bullets! Amazing all the history still under our feet

@littlehummingbird1015 22 күн бұрын

What great relatives you had....

@cynthiaswearingen1037 2 ай бұрын

Thank you for honoring these soldiers.❤

@AAB371 2 ай бұрын

Rest easy Soldiers of the South. you have done your duty

@georgemcdaniel8625 2 ай бұрын

Thank You for preserving the memory our heritage. Let us not for get their valor.

@SMigacz100 2 ай бұрын

No matter what I am doing I will stop and take myself back in time with your vids.

@scotfarquharson6836 2 ай бұрын

Captain William A Hill and his cousin AP Hill were both in the little Ford Rangers who originally mustered and trained what is now Little Fork Church Rixeyville Virginia and it's not a half a mile away from where I currently sit typing this. I have in my hand of the regimental series book of company D of the Fourth VA Cavalry which has in its stories of events that happened in my families former home which still stands across the road from me. I have religiously watched these videos every time you come out with one hoping to find familiar names and somehow I knew I would one day. Thanks for your work this was really cool for me!

@BirdDogg 2 ай бұрын

Awesome!! I always hope folks might find a connection, always nice to hear when they happen! Appreciate ya.

@xanthippusofcarthage8655 2 ай бұрын

My maternal great-great grandfather fought for the 10th Texas Cavalry (dismounted) and my paternal great-great grandfather fought for the 17th Indiana Infantry. I think both units were present at the Battle of Richmond Kentucky. My God, I love this country. I pray to God he saves it.

@BirdDogg 2 ай бұрын

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@sojnab1 2 ай бұрын

great photos,could look at them all the live long day!☘

@davide9658 2 ай бұрын

Thanks BirdDogg for putting together these pictures of so many interesting looking men in their uniforms. I liked how you included Gen. Lee and Traveler. Keep up the good work.

@bowen1704 2 ай бұрын

Awesome

@larrystultz7545 2 ай бұрын

❤❤ thank you 🙏

@DetherDuLac 2 ай бұрын

love this keep it up and thanks

@texasaggie8449 2 ай бұрын

I love watching these. I’m looking for ancestors.

@shotpusher 2 ай бұрын

God Bless them all. Shared on FB.

@BirdDogg 2 ай бұрын

Appreciate ya!!

@jonnieters2306 2 ай бұрын

Great video giving honor to all those who fought in the Civil War

@rt3box6tx74 2 ай бұрын

Found myself wishing more of them included their age. There were some younguns in there.

@roberthenry9319 2 ай бұрын

Marvelous. Cannot thank you enough.

@JL-rr6wt 2 ай бұрын

Awesome photographs!🫡

@allen_p 2 ай бұрын

The before and after the war photos at 10:20 was so telling of their horrible experience. To see their photos makes more personal and real.

@-sunstar9778 2 ай бұрын

General Lee and Traveller💖 The photo of William Biedler of Mosby's Virginia Cavalry was very touching. He was just 16 years old and already a Sergeant. LT. Colonel Alexander "Sandie" Pendelton served as an exceptional staff officer for Generals Jackson, Ewell & Early. He was mortally wounded at the battle of Fisher's Hill and died a few days before his 24th birthday. Rest in peace, brave & valiant Soldiers of the South 🙏

@BirdDogg 2 ай бұрын

Thank you for digging into them more! So many stories, all but forgotten. 💔

@kevinb9327 2 ай бұрын

Thank you, so much! What is the title of that mournful music?

@unbreakable7633 2 ай бұрын

Many a fine son of Virginia among them. Thanks yet again.

@JamesTibbs-vz3gw 2 ай бұрын

Such loyal brave men from the south.

@janhammer4852 2 ай бұрын

Heroes

@ralphpezda6523 2 ай бұрын

I would like to know more about each one: did they fight, where, survive or not, their time after The War, and what they did, families, etc. At the same time I know this isn't that kind of video. The War was the damndest thing we ever did to ourselves.

@BirdDogg 2 ай бұрын

Sadly these photos are about all that is left of many of them aside from their military records and pension requests when applicable. If you search the soldiers and sailors database you can find a small amount of information on them, but it’s hard to go beyond that for most of them.

@ohmeowzer1 2 ай бұрын

Love your channel good job

@BirdDogg 2 ай бұрын

Appreciate ya!

@MrHand-ih4sz 2 ай бұрын

If this interests you, a guy named Gregory Coco has written a few books about Confederate soldiers killed in action. They are a compilation of short stories about a few hundred soldiers, how they died, their last hours, where they were originally buried, and if their remains ever made it home. Interesting stuff about a topic rarely discussed.

@reddmutt1916 2 ай бұрын

My great-great grandfather was member of a Calvary unit formed in Upshur County, in the town of Gilmer, Texas.

@BirdDogg 2 ай бұрын

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@DidierDidier-kc4nm 2 ай бұрын

is always a bit moving when i see old soldiers' pictures (especialy confederate ) ! their faces look more contempory than ppl from early 20th ! good vid and good choice of music !cheers from France!

@BirdDogg 2 ай бұрын

Merci!

@scott1395 2 ай бұрын

Captain Augustus Thompson Co G 16 ga infantry was my gg grandfather William Boyd Elrod's captain! William was shot in the thigh on the second day at Gettysburg and taken to the Crawfords/ Woffords brigade hospital he was turned over to the union army provost Marshall on July 20 and his leg was amputated! He died from infection and was buried on the Cunningham farm along with othersftom the 16th! Luckily their Graves remained marked and were disinterested in 1871 and are now back on ga soil at Laurel Grove Cemetary in Savannah GA! He was one of 101 known / identified Georgians disinterested at Gettysburg and returned home!

@michaelm8078 2 ай бұрын

12th Arkansas Infantry Regiment Company G, also known as the "Southern Flag Company", was organized in Sevier County, Arkansas. Captain B. Abernithy commanded the company. The county is next door to the county l am living in now. Salute to the Arkansans who fought for Confederacy!

@BirdDogg 2 ай бұрын

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@robertwhitehead3022 2 ай бұрын

The history of our nation the men that fought for our freedom all rest in peace 🕊️

@Skywalker-u6c Ай бұрын

I bet that private, Peter lauck Kurtz is descendant of of the lauck brothers in Winchester Virginia. The ancestor “Peter Lauck” was a maker of Rifles. I believe the other brother owned the red lion tavern in Winchester… the family I descend from is Grim/mm . I have ancestral grandfather that served with those men and drink with General Daniel Morgan in the revolutionary war days. Literally drank with him, fought with him, even were prisoners together and survived the battle of Quebec.. lol

@DiggingCanuck 2 ай бұрын

I like the pics of the men and their wives ❤️

@BirdDogg 2 ай бұрын

There is something marvelously beautiful about all of them. I can’t put my finger on it but there is something so handsome in all of the soldiers and something so beautiful in all of their wives. Home grown food, self sufficiency I guess 🤷🏻‍♂️ just find all of the images so fantastic

@DiggingCanuck 2 ай бұрын

@BirdDogg they are fantastic

@jebstuart-f4j 2 ай бұрын

I m french, dixieland 👍🏻💪🏻

@littlehummingbird1015 22 күн бұрын

- still looking for my paternal gggrandfather, Pvt. Wesley Joseph Crowder, of Co. B, 3rd Battalion, Virginia Reserves....at the end of the War. Served under General Lee....foraging for food for Lee's troops in Petersburg. Pvt. Crowder had a small plantation that was on the way to Appomatax Courthouse....