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Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War, 1861–1865

August 27, 2021 by Adrienne - Legacy Tree Genealogists Researcher 5 Comments

Daughters of Union Veterans

Legacy Tree Genealogists' Adrienne Abiodun provides information about the Daughters of the Union Veterans of the Civil War, 1861-1865, and offers some tips on how to become a member. She uses her own personal experience to explain how joining a lineage society can be a rewarding way to honor one's ancestors. Between 1861–1865, the War Between the States, more commonly known as the Civil War, was the longest, bloodiest, and costliest conflict that divided the United States of America. An … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Genealogy & Lineage Societies, United States Tagged With: civil war, membership, societies

Poisoned Pies and the Civil War

March 31, 2015 by Legacy Tree Genealogists 9 Comments

A recent case we were asked to work on revealed some extraordinary family history. With the help of a large Civil War pension file, we were able to discover that an ancestor died of what was unofficially called "Black Tongue" but more specifically resulted from eating a poisoned pie. How did that happen? We'll explain. The Poisoned Pies This ancestor served in the Civil War near Louisville, Kentucky - an area where for a time, a great number of soldiers suddenly took sick and died; some quite … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Military Service, United States Tagged With: civil war, civil war pension records, family history, genealogy, military records, Southern U.S., United States

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