Name the battlefield....

[Central Blue]

ORIGINAL: Mynok


Interesting...my dad's family spent many years in Missouri before heading to Montana, and my mom's is from St. Louis. Indeed one branch of the tree had seven sons fight in the ACW: 6 for the north and 1 for the south. It is quite likely that the union brothers fought at Pea Ridge though I've not been able to find evidence of it yet. All these were half-brothers of my great-great-grandfather.

The Confederate rode with Porter's Legion and died at Kirkville. One day I will get out there and see that battlefield.

I'm the genealogist in my family, so check this site to find out which units they served in, which ought to help your search: http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.cfm
And just try to stop a genealogist when they start ranting on.[:D]

My dad's family moved from Pike County to Smuggler Colorado, and then down to Wagon Mound, New Mexico. My mother's branches from Arkansas and Kentucky joined up in St. Louis and stayed there.

Edit -- Missouri militia records here http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/soldiers/

Turns out I was bragging about GGF, he only served 43 days.

[fabertong]

I think one of the things that perhaps confused some of the folks guessing......is the flatness of the terrain.........the ground at Pea Ridge is interesting.....on the drive around the battlefield.....it all seems flat.....but you slowly move up 'big mountain'.......and at the top get a fine view of the Boston Mountains..... a good few miles to the south.......before dropping down to Elkhorn Tavern.........the 'telegraph road' which was the main route during the ACM....is also a 'trail of tears' site.......I took my 8 year old twins........and they are still........5 months on talking about it.............

[Central Blue]

ORIGINAL: fabertong

I think one of the things that perhaps confused some of the folks guessing......is the flatness of the terrain.........the ground at Pea Ridge is interesting.....on the drive around the battlefield.....it all seems flat.....but you slowly move up 'big mountain'.......and at the top get a fine view of the Boston Mountains..... a good few miles to the south.......before dropping down to Elkhorn Tavern.........the 'telegraph road' which was the main route during the ACM....is also a 'trail of tears' site.......I took my 8 year old twins........and they are still........5 months on talking about it.............

You are one lucky father if you can get them out of the car for a battlefield. [:)] We've had much better luck with other types of sites in Missouri and Iowa, where my wife is from. And they like fish hatcheries and grave yards, so they aren't bad kids. However, they are still "California Challenged" when it comes to geography east of the Sierra.

[Mark VII]

Just found this thread, so I will provide the pics.

ORIGINAL: Raverdave

It is in Tennessee, I was there back in '07.   I'll dig out some of the pics that I took.

[Mark VII]

Raverdave taking a photo.

[Mark VII]

this end toward the enemy.

[Mark VII]

More Chicago Board of Trade guns

[Raverdave]

Thanks Mark VII  I do have a copy but got distracted from uploading them.[:)]

[bradfordkay]

ORIGINAL: Central Blue



I'm the genealogist in my family, so check this site to find out which units they served in, which ought to help your search: http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.cfm
And just try to stop a genealogist when they start ranting on.[:D]

I was disappointed in this website, as I couldn't find my GGGF who served in the Donalsonville Artillery of Louisiana. I am especially disappointed because my father retired as the SE Regional Curator of the USNPS (one of their ACW experts) and the man I was searching for was his GGF. Oh well...

[wwengr]

I really tried to come up with a WiTP AE connection. There was no Navy or Army ship named Pea Rideg, Elkhorn Tavern (USS Elkhorn, a gasoline tanker was named after a the river in Nebraska), Samuel R. Curtis, or Earl van Dorn. I finally found the connection! USS Arkansas!

[Mynok]

Interesting photos. Those guns are bronze yet rifled......

[Mark VII]

Here are some from another part of Stones River.

ORIGINAL: Mynok

Interesting photos. Those guns are bronze yet rifled......

[Mark VII]

smooth bore howitzer.

[Mark VII]

Dave taking more pics.

[Mynok]

Now see those two in front look like 3" rifles. The back two like 12lb napoleons. None of those is a howitzer.

[Mark VII]

You are probably correct. As I don't have the brochure I'm just guessing since I am not a Civil War expert. I guessed howizer as it seemed a shorter barrel that didn't taper at the firing end.

Some more to come.

ORIGINAL: Mynok


Now see those two in front look like 3" rifles. The back two like 12lb napoleons. None of those is a howitzer.

[Mynok]

You could very well be right. Here's a pic of a 12lb howitzer from a Georgia unit.

[Mynok]

I think you are. Here is a napoleon. It has the flare at the end you mention.

[BrucePowers]

Stone's River is a really well done battlefield. Thank you for the photos. They refresh the memories.

[ckammp]

ORIGINAL: Mark VII

Dave taking more pics.

The iron gun in front is a 3" Ordnance Rifle, the bronze gun in back is a 12" howitzer.

As for the bronze rifled cannons, the Union did produce such weapons for field use, and some of the existing smoothbores were rebored and rifled to be able to use stocks of new rifled ammunition.