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Cooley Hurd

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1. We won. My kin fought in the conflict...

Reply to WorseBeforeBetter (Original post)

Sun Mar 8, 2015, 01:56 PM

Mar 2015

...my (paternal) Great Great Grandfather, Charles Allen Hurd Sr, fought with the 111th NY Volunteers:

...and my other (maternal) Great Great Grandfather, George Carter, fought with the 9th NY Artillery, and was present at the Appomattox surrender (no pics, he was notoriously camera shy )

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April brings the 150th anniversary of the end of the Civil War... [View all] WorseBeforeBetter Mar 2015 OP

We won. My kin fought in the conflict... Cooley Hurd Mar 2015 #1

Rest in peace shenmue Mar 2015 #2

Thank you, shenmue! Cooley Hurd Mar 2015 #3

What fantastic history! WorseBeforeBetter Mar 2015 #4

That's how I was turned on to genealogy... Cooley Hurd Mar 2015 #5

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