Thursday, May 28, 2009

Memorial Day ... American Civil War (1861-1865)

By Commander Tom Nelson (Ret), U.S. Naval Reserves
Memorial Day Remarks - May 25, 2009
Gypsy Hill Park Gazebo, Staunton, Virginia

Number of deaths: 509,332

He was from Warrenton, Virginia, a member of Virginia state House of Delegates. He was delegate to Virginia State Constitutional Convention, delegate to Virginia Secession Convention, and delegate from Virginia to the Confederate Provisional Congress. He was killed in a skirmish with a band of Union deserters in Fauquier County, Va.

HONOR: Confederate soldier Robert Eden Scott, hero of the Southern Army

He was from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ... a lawyer, colonel in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War, and a candidate for U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania. He served as justice of Nebraska territorial supreme court and Governor of Nebraska Territory. He was killed in battle at Gaines Mill, Hanover County, Va., June 27, 1862.

HONOR: Union Army Colonel Samuel Watson Black, hero of the Northern Army

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