tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1756311787793511021.post8099899126721374793..comments2022-03-23T08:12:40.194-07:00Comments on The Slaveholders' War: The Grand Army of the Republic in CanadaScotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14714154606530884330noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1756311787793511021.post-42126851167916909032012-02-11T16:31:22.291-08:002012-02-11T16:31:22.291-08:00We forget how freely people moved across borders i...We forget how freely people moved across borders in those days.Patrick Younghttp://longislandwins.com/index.php/features/detail/the_confederates_move_against_latino_new_mexico/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1756311787793511021.post-23125781086680563732012-02-11T10:17:29.143-08:002012-02-11T10:17:29.143-08:00I managed to find information on two veterans. Ha...I managed to find information on two veterans. Harper Wilson was an Irish-born Canadian resident who fought in a New York regiment. Wounded at Gettysburg, he returned north (so to speak!) and migrated to Winnipeg. He ran the GAR post there, and managed to secure pensions for other veterans. <br /><br />http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/people/wilson_h2.shtml<br /><br />The other is Anderson Ruffin Abbott, the first black doctor in Canada. The son of free people of color from Alabama, he attended medical school. As a physician with the Union Army in Washington DC, he was among the few to attend to President Lincoln at his death bed. After the war, he belonged to the James S. Knowlton NY Branch of the GAR in Toronto. <br /><br />Here's a list of known Civil War veterans buried in Canada:<br /><br />http://www.factasy.com/civil_war/book/export/html/7106<br /><br />Fun fact: William Hatcher Barnett of the Company F, 11th Virginia (CS) is buried in Bottrell, Alberta in 1933 at the age of 90. He was the last verified survivor of Pickett's Charge.Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14714154606530884330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1756311787793511021.post-64495588028021590192012-02-11T09:44:52.004-08:002012-02-11T09:44:52.004-08:00I am sort of embarrassed to admit that I do not kn...I am sort of embarrassed to admit that I do not know anything about these veterans - do you know Barb Gannon? I'll bet she knows something about them.Keith Harrishttp://cosmicamerica.comnoreply@blogger.com