We keep pretty good family records especially on my Mom's side. We have it pretty accurately traced back to when our British relatives came over on the Mayflower. We know the fellow's name who served in the Revolution but not much else. She's a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution so she knows more about the whole thing than I do. As for my maternal relative in the Civil War we have photographs, letters, newspaper clippings, the works. As for my two relatives at Gettysburg on my Dad's side they were part of my Irish heritage. They emigrated from Ireland and lived in Canada for a while until later they moved down to the States, signed up for the cavalry, and went to war.

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