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unc70

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6. I knew a few people that old, including former slaves

Reply to raccoon (Original post)

Thu May 15, 2025, 11:41 PM

May 15

I was born in 1948. The youngest people born before 1865 would have been 83 at that time I was born. (My own grandmother was born in 1869.) There were a couple of elderly women in my neighborhood who had been slaves as children. Their earliest memories were mostly of the period just after the war.

The TV show "I've got a secret" in 1954 had a man who claimed to have witnessed Lincoln being shot. I remember seeing that show when first broadcast.

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Did anyone here ever know personally someone who lived through the Civil War? If so, did they tell any stories about it? [View all] raccoon May 15 OP

I'm old, but not that old. Ocelot II May 15 #1

I don't think you will find anyone who is alive that will 33taw May 15 #2

My great grandfather fought in the Civil War and survived it.... Sogo May 15 #3

A paternal great-grandfather was a Union soldier. Born in 1842 and died... 3catwoman3 May 15 #4

No, but I had a great, great grandfather who left the country to go study music at the Univ. of Heidelberg when... LudwigPastorius May 15 #5

I knew a few people that old, including former slaves unc70 May 15 #6

This message was self-deleted by its author applegrove May 16 #7

I did not, but I found this article on Wikipedia. HeartsCanHope May 16 #8