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Ancestry/Genealogy

kdmorris

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1. For me, finding interesting stories like that makes me feel closer

Reply to roguevalley (Original post)

Thu Oct 10, 2013, 05:33 AM

Oct 2013

like I "knew" them.

My 3rd great grandfather, Thaddeus Lewis Waters, was at Andersonville. Captured at Chickamauga and held in Richmond then moved to Andersonville. There is so much information about him that I almost feel like I've met him.

Congrats on your wonderful find!

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For me, finding interesting stories like that makes me feel closer kdmorris Oct 2013 #1

and you too. Andersonville. How awful. I could hug him too. I feel roguevalley Oct 2013 #2

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