Children Of American Civial War Soldiers?

Question

I found it amazing to read that a woman who died recently was the widow of 2 different cival soldiers. the first she married when she was 18 and him in his 70s and 3 years later married again at 21 and him in his 80s. I never thought any widows of a soldier would still be alive. Anyway to the question, is there alot of children still alive who are children of soldiers? Would probably be in their 90s but i wouldnt be surprised if there is since i read about that woman

I have been able to find a website that gives details of 250 daughters and sons of veterans that are still alive today and also 1 other woman is is a widow. THANKS love to be fit

Answer 1

I'm sure there are but I don't know how you would find out who or where they are.

EDIT: I just googled "children of civil war veteran" and some articles popped up.

Answer 2

O.K. lets say the first husband was 18 in 1865 the last year of the Civil War, he would / could

have been 78 in 1925 the year the woman could have got

married to a Civil War Vet.

She in turn would / could have been 28 in 1935, giving her the

benefit of a long life would / could bring her up to 98 in 2005.

You question also assumes that either of the Civil War Vets

were able to produce heirs at the age of 70+ or 80+ !!!

I do know there is an organization called:

"Daughters of the Confederacy, which might be worth a

look up.

Answer 3

D C Timberstone –

My great grandfather was in the Civil War. After the war, he and a buddy essentially bought a mountain (now Lost River State Park, in West Virginia), neglecting his family to do the “Daniel Boone” thing (although he did not neglect it to the extent that my grandfather was born in 1893). In 1913, the old man dropped dead in some town no one had heard of without a penny or a will, but the proud owner of 1300 tons of concrete. Why he had so much concrete, and what he intended to do with it, remains the great family mystery.

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edit -

Somewhat along a similar line, you might be interested in the fact that there is only one surviving American veteran of World War I:

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/12/opinion/12rubin.html?ref=opinion

Answer 4

Our soldiers are forced to obey the Geneva Conventions and the UCMJ. You don't like their mission, that's fine, you don't have to. But please do not take to calling them child killing thugs while ignoring the atrocities of the real thugs, the islamofascists. IMHO, the only shameful thing is the way you are treating the soldiers that gave you the freedom of speech that you use to slander them so badly.

Answer 5

My Great Grandmother used to tell us when we were children listening to her parents aurgue over who will be the next President. It turned out to be Lincoln. I then realized just how fast this country had grown.

Answer 6

That's because you have no grasp of history.