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BY GOD!! They fought for the Union!
I was born and raised in Chickamauga, Georgia. The Battlefield at Chickamauga was a weekend hangout for walks in the woods and football games in the fields. I had no regard for what really happened there on September, 1863. All I knew was the South won this battle, something I was inherently proud of. Little did I know that I had ancestors that fought for the Union. I remember having a North vs South conversation with my Grandpa where I replied, "Well at least we kicked their asses at Chickamauga." My Grandpa taking strong objection retorts "Just who do you think your family fought for?" I said, "I would hope they fought for the South!" Grandpa shouts, "By God they didn't!! They fought for the Union!"
MORRISON FAMILY
Here lies Thomas Casual Morrison, born July 25, 1774 in South Carolina. Married Francis Beard, August 13,1799. He lived 100 years, 4 months, 16 days. His final resting place is the Cookson Creek Cemetary in Polk County, Tennessee, near Ocoee. He had ten children, eight girls, two boys (born last). He fought as a Lieutenant in the War of 1812 under Captain Montgomery's Tennessee Militia.
This picture is of Morrison ancestors from my mothers family. They are Guilford and Issac Morrison from Polk County, in SE Tennessee. On June 17, 1864 they joined the Third Tennessee Calvalry of the Union Army. In September of that year they were captured at Sulphur Branch Trestle, Alabama by N.B. Forrest. They spent the remainder of the war in Cahaba Prison near Selma, Alabama. Upon the end of the war they were transported to Vicksburg, Mississippi where they boarded a steamship that was to take them up the Mississippi River to Cairo, Illinois where they would muster out and return to their family in Tennessee. That steamship was named the Sultana. Approximately seven miles north of Memphis, Tennessee the boiler of the Sultana blew killing more than 1600. Guilford's body was recovered and he was buried at the Memphis National Cemetary. Issac's body was never recovered.
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I have several hobbies I hope to share with you on this page. I enjoy genealogy, Civil War history, physical activities, ie., golf, softball, hiking, and camping. I work as a geologist in Houston, Texas. I grew up in NW Georgia in a small rural town with a historical past.
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