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Monday, May 26, 2025

Albert G. Jenkins


Our last Confederate KIA is Albert G. Jenkins, a former U.S. Congressman who became a General 
for the South.  He died of wounds after being taken prisoner at the Battle of 
Cloyd's Mountain in 1864.  General Jenkins had a prodigious beard.

 

20 comments:

  1. A totally fascinating post, Jerry. It's a pity we have learned nothing from this.

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  2. Sorry, I have no acquaintance with soldiers or the War of Cession, which is completely foreign and unknown to me. I have never studied it in my history books.

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    1. I'm not surprised, Albert. Many Europeans have barely heard of it, and it was the most profoundly tragic event in U.S. history.

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  3. This is a beautiful tribute, thank you so much.

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  4. Wonderful tribute. I had ancestors fighting on both sides. Thank you.

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  5. No one's death should go unnoticed, I think. You've handled this sensitively. In one sense of course it was never a "civil" war: one group fighting to save democracy and liberty, and another group of rebels who did not believe in those ideals, nor in the basic rights and freedoms of ALL people.

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    1. True, and there still isn't full equality in this country. In fact, we are sliding back.

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  6. A fascinating post, Jerry, on a subject we hear so little about.

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  7. La guerre est méchante.
    War is a travesty, civil wars far worse.
    Man never learns and history repeats.

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  8. Incredibly moving. And no, man never learns. A heartfelt tribute, thank you Jerry.

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  9. I have lots of conflicting memories about Memorial Day and how it was “celebrated”. I grew up in several states, being a military brat, and have different experiences in those different states. In Alabama the Confederate flag was waving and the Civil War was referred to as the War of Northern Aggression. In St. Louis (both sides of the river) it was remembered that some families had one son who fought for the Confederacy and another son who fought for the Union. In California there were lots of Barbecues and little mention of the Civil War. Texas was big on Barbecues, some Confederacy memorabilia, and avoidance of anything to do with “Juneteenth”.

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    1. The "Lost Cause" needed to lose. There were sane and reasonable Southerners who tried to tell the hotheads that they would never win a war with the North and should agree to the gradual emancipation of the slaves. They got shouted down, however, and we all know what followed. My Texas family had men on both sides and did not dwell on it.

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  10. I respect the way you handle and avoid politics. Really doesn’t have a place when admiring naked men However I think most of us want to know……was there Barbecue?

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    1. I can count on the finges of one htnd the number of times my family, either nuclear or extended, had barbecues. We ate barbecur regurlarly, but bought it from a place in town that did it better than we could ever have. For summer holiday celebrations we feasted on watermelons and homemade ice cream.

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