The beautiful gilded folding photo case above was a keepsake of Mrs. Melinda Owens, mother of John and Isaiah Owens of Missouri. She lost both her sons in the war, John to disease and Isaiah to an accident. Mrs. Owens was awarded a Mother's Pension after witnesses swore that her son was healthy prior to a grueling winter march. I have cropped and enlarged the men's images:
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Below is an unknown African-American soldier who looks so striking that I had to include him.
I hope he survived the war and was able to live in peace.
My great great grandfather served in the Union Army.
ReplyDeletePVT Company H 7th Regiment Missouri State Militia Calvary Mustered out of Springfield MO
Dates of service: Feb 1862- April 1865.
His wife was a southern belle from Alabama who he married in Oct 1865. During the Civil War her family had to flee Alabama to Missouri because her outspoken father felt slavery was an ungodly vile sin.
I have to wonder if he ever crossed paths with the Owens….:)
Thanks for your family story. There were a number of Southerners, some even of the aristocracy, who did not approve of slavery. Whole sections of some slave states, most notably West Virginia, broke with the slave regime. Northern Alabama was another area that was significantly pro-Union.
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