tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5382000901773344023.post360115614865917528..comments2024-03-14T14:50:43.790-04:00Comments on The Civil War Picket: Georgia man recalls stories from his father, a guard at Confederate prison camp. Isham Booth was 71 when Henry was born.Phil Gasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01388284468989278770noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5382000901773344023.post-18183571944357429302011-05-21T14:14:30.046-04:002011-05-21T14:14:30.046-04:00Thanks for the fabulous story. We were privileged...Thanks for the fabulous story. We were privileged to see Andersonville lit with candles, each one to commemorate the death of an incarcerated POW. The rain extinguished the candles way too soon. It was a haunting and beautiful sight.<br /><br />http://palms-americana.blogspot.com/2006/11/ndersonville.htmlPalmsRVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04898416117045268799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5382000901773344023.post-11604851091819459382011-05-21T10:05:16.374-04:002011-05-21T10:05:16.374-04:00Just amazing that there are still over 100 actual ...Just amazing that there are still over 100 actual sons and daughters of Civil War vets still alive. Many older veterans married young girls/women in the early 20th century so that the women could get the pensions...thus many children were born late in the veteran's lives..a few even having children in their 70's and early 80's...hence a few direct links to the Civil War still walk amongst us today. It is definately on my 'bucket list' to meet such a link soon before we lose them altogether. <br />ANother great blog entry sir!AMccookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08340540637143503520noreply@blogger.com