tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6733508189924773862.post2122543637806557656..comments2024-03-28T02:02:22.629-04:00Comments on Random Thoughts on History: My July 1, 1863, Gettysburg ConnectionTim Talbotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02184297245966915181noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6733508189924773862.post-89139013208583094832016-05-16T14:32:30.452-04:002016-05-16T14:32:30.452-04:00Hi John,
I think Hardy's wife Louisa Ball, is...Hi John,<br /><br />I think Hardy's wife Louisa Ball, is my GG Aunt. Her brother, John H. Ball (1837-1924) was in the 9th NC Calvary, and was also at Gettysburg.<br /><br />After Hardy died I think Louisa married a Marlow.<br /><br />Allangjoyce@gmail.comAllan Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14029116108564667562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6733508189924773862.post-20779075046789332422013-08-08T10:12:57.915-04:002013-08-08T10:12:57.915-04:00I, too, wonder how Hardy and Doctor felt about the...I, too, wonder how Hardy and Doctor felt about the war. Their brother William had sons, Granville and Burrell who grew up 150 miles west on the TN/VA border and both served in the Union Cavalry. There was, I believe, a lot of pro Union sentiment in eastern Tennessee. How different could conditions have been between there and Brushy Mt. Col. Burgwyn sounds like quite a character and probably had a big impact on how his men saw the war and their place in it, at least after they came under his influence. <br />John Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6733508189924773862.post-50255043001837168162013-08-07T17:32:43.024-04:002013-08-07T17:32:43.024-04:00Hi John,
I read "Covered with Glory" sev...Hi John,<br />I read "Covered with Glory" several years back and thoroughly enjoyed it. The combat the 26th faced on July 1, 1863, was as bad as the Civil War offered. Archie Davis's book "Boy Colonel of the Confederacy" is another good book on H.K. Burgwyn, Jr. In graduate school I wrote a paper on Burgwyn's relationship with this father. Reading his personal papers at UNC Chapel Hill was an experience I will always remember.<br /><br />Thanks for your kind comments and I hope you will keep reading the blog. I plan on doing a post on Doctor Estep real soon.<br />Best,<br />Tim Tim Talbotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02184297245966915181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6733508189924773862.post-46143700383229546312013-08-07T16:49:09.252-04:002013-08-07T16:49:09.252-04:00I enjoyed reading your post about Hardy. My gg-gr...I enjoyed reading your post about Hardy. My gg-grandfather was William Estep, the older brother of Hardy and Doctor. He had moved west close to the Cumberland gap, in Lee County VA and Claiborne County TN and had sons of his own old enough to fight in the war. My g-grandfather Granville was in the 1st Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry of the Union Army. I read a an interesting book called "Covered with Glory: The 26th North Carolina Infantry at the Battle of Gettysburg". There is a very interesting description Colonel Henry King Burgwyn, commander of the 26th, that I think you would enjoy.<br />John Estep<br />johne12345@sbcglobal.netAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com