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3catwoman3

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6. What a find! I consider old family photos to be real treasures.

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Sat Nov 22, 2025, 11:32 AM

Nov 22

Other mementoes as well. I have several letters written by a paternal great-grandfather to his mother, while he was serving in the Union Army during the Civil War.

It was fascinating to read them. Difficult, too, as they were in pencil and pretty faded, and the very "flourishey" handwriting was sometimes hard to decipher.

A photo of my maternal grandfather recently showed up on ancestry.com. It was from his 1914 yearbook from Northwestern's School of Dentistry, He was only 24 then.

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My grandson found this in my family tree [View all] Omaha Steve Nov 22 OP

Hopefully, he was a Union member. sinkingfeeling Nov 22 #1

Pretty sure that's a Union hat. Emile Nov 22 #3

Yes. That is a union cavalry hat. hlthe2b Nov 22 #5

He was. That's the Union Hat Lochloosa Nov 22 #4

Unusual first name. That's pretty cool Steve. Emile Nov 22 #2

Not so much at the time. Biblical names soldierant Nov 22 #15

What a find! I consider old family photos to be real treasures. 3catwoman3 Nov 22 #6

Had Great-Great-Grandpa's. czarjak Nov 22 #7

Mine are ALL Confederates AverageOldGuy Nov 22 #8

Mine too. GoodRaisin Nov 24 #19

I love Ancestry.com appleannie1 Nov 22 #9

My mother's side LittleGirl Nov 22 #10

awesome 3auld6phart Nov 22 #11

At least he was a Yankee. ananda Nov 22 #12

You are not alone. GoodRaisin Nov 24 #20

From what I have read more soldiers died from health problems than the war. Gut infections, other stuff. twodogsbarking Nov 22 #13

Cool. LoisB Nov 22 #14

That's a great picture, Omaha Steve. Something to be very proud of. My great-great-grandfather fought at Gettysburg. Borogove Nov 22 #16

Looks like he was in the Indian Wars. Warpy Nov 22 #17

Wonderful Beringia Nov 23 #18

That is very cool. My cousin used Ancestry and was able to trace back GoodRaisin Nov 24 #21

WOW that is so cool We lost a lot of old pictures when my mom's house burned yellowdogintexas Nov 24 #22

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