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2/24/2016

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Now here's an interesting fact. Mrs. Abe Lincoln had a half sister married to a Confederate General--Benjamin Hardin Helm. 
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Emilie was much prettier than Mary, I think...
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​I wonder if General Theophilus H. Holmes was acquainted with some of my cousins?? He was born in Sampson County, North Carolina where some of my folks hailed from pre-war....

General Hood and his wife had 11 children--six of them comprising three sets of twins!! General Hood, his wife, and eldest child died of yellow fever in 1879.
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The remaining ten Hood children.
Interesting: "Benjamin Huger...was born in Charleston, South Carolina. (He pronounced his name "ooh-ZHAY", although many current Charlestonians say "OOH-gee".) " 
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I get Southern, being one myself, but I'm not quite sure how you get 'ooh-ZHAY' out of Huger. 

There were SIX Confederate General Jacksons:
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Alfred Eugene Jackson (apparently nicknamed "Mudwall")
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John King Jackson
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William Hicks "Red" Jackson
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Henry Rootes Jackson
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THE "Stonewall" Thomas Jonathan Jackson
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William Lowther Jackson (Stonewall's second cousin)
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General Micah Jenkins (South Carolina) died as a result of friendly fire. He sure was a handsome young man. 

He died at age 29, leaving behind a pretty wife and four little boys. (There was a fifth, but he had died the year before.)
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And here we have General Adam Rankin Johnson (one of four CS Gen'l Johnsons). He acquired the nickname "Stovepipe" in the following fashion:

"He was well respected for his bravado, once capturing the town of Newburgh, Indiana from a large Union unit with only twelve men and a length of stovepipe mounted to a wagon. The Union soldiers, fearing the "cannon" surrendered..." (from his Find-a-Grave page)

Now...I wonder how many General Jones there were...I guess I'll find out soon! :D

     Racheal

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Rachelle
2/26/2016 11:40:52 am


Wow, you're doing lots of research, Racheal! It's all been fascinating to read about, and I look forward to what I can learn in your next post. ;)

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Martin Haywood
6/19/2017 04:57:58 am

The pronunciation Ooh - zhay is how the French say Huger.

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Racheal
6/20/2017 10:14:06 am

Very interesting! Thanks for sharing, Mr. Haywood!

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