A new perspective on the Civil War.

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Check out this post.Will give you a new perspective on the Civil War.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/special-features/2014/11/141111-veterans-day-150-anniversary-civil-war-memories

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  1. Tessa KeoughNovember 21, 2014 at 10:17 AM

    Sandra Hammons very interesting article about an event in American history that has affected relations between the States for several generations. I moved your comment to Discussion from Sources because Sources pretty much deals with how to use sources in Legacy. In fact this LVUG Community is about Legacy software. I think though that several members here probably have connections to the Civil War in their family files - so you may be interested in reading this article. Sandra do you have Civil War ancestors and how have you included them in your Legacy family file?

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  2. Sandra HammonsNovember 21, 2014 at 1:04 PM

    Thank you for pointing me to the correct category.  I have several Civil War ancestors, both Confederate (mostly) and Union (several).  I add that data as an event in their life, entering each detail as a separate event. For instance I would enter the enlistment date &location. I have two ancestors who were wounded, so I enter that as a separate event with the name of the Battle and location of the battle--date wounded and date returned to service and so on.

    I add notes with the details that I know about each event in the Civil War, such as name of commanding officers, details of how the event occurred if I have found such a record. I would also add details such as family letters which are part of that military record. For instance, I have one ancestor who died of pneumonia in Atlanta. There are two family letters requesting compensation for his widow and 2 children.

    I like the fact that Legacy has such a rich environment for entering a great deal of information both for my reference and to enrich the family story.

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  3. Tessa KeoughNovember 21, 2014 at 2:35 PM

    Thanks so much for sharing that Sandra Hammons - my own ancestors either came much later or stayed out of the way (as they were very recent immigrants). But I do find the history of the Civil War fascinating and know that it makes up a rich tapestry of many family files of our LVUG members.

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