tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3408099437107639570.post1046707980199384561..comments2024-02-20T18:23:06.818-06:00Comments on "And speaking of which...": A Tale of Two Soldiers, Part IIJim Woodrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15917299007746671963noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3408099437107639570.post-77790397824257488902014-07-17T01:27:50.814-05:002014-07-17T01:27:50.814-05:00So glad I found this story. Christopher Rankin Ria...So glad I found this story. Christopher Rankin Rials was my 3rd gr-grandfather. I had heard of the murder but never read any details. His wife is also very interesting. I will be joining the DAR this summer through her Guess/Guest side of the family.MiMIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04802684946342979274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3408099437107639570.post-23907992546304590092013-07-12T16:10:24.256-05:002013-07-12T16:10:24.256-05:00Jim,
An excellent write-up. It is especially of ...Jim,<br /><br />An excellent write-up. It is especially of interest to me as, you already know, my great-grandfather, Wesley Washington Pitts, was a private in the Hazlehurst Fencibles. He was listed as a casualty in the National Park Service list at the VNMP. Family lore has it that he walked all the way from Vicksburg to the family farmstead in Copiah County after they were paroled. He is listed as being "absent, sick at home" on the first roster of the regiment after the siege. On the second he is listed as "absent without leave." I guess he either had enough of the fighting or he never saw a newspaper announcing that the regiment had been paroled. As with your great-grandfather, he also missed the slaughterhouses of the Atlanta campaign, Franklin and Nashville.<br /><br />JimColCampbell50https://www.blogger.com/profile/15910423749022189030noreply@blogger.com