Civil War Veterans

[BettyO]

Thanks, ya'll! Closer to retirement and PERMANENT research capabilities, I hope....

That is SUPER Herb -- what a remembrance! To think that the same hand that pressed Lincoln's pressed yours!! What an honor!

Oldest man I ever met was 102 years old and didn't look a day over 80 (met him 25 years ago). He was sharp as a tack and lived on the Rappahannock River at a beautiful estate named Camden which his father built for his mother as a wedding gift in 1853! We had a tour of the house - and it was beautiful! Still there in Port Royal by the way.... The old gent had the same velvet and silk drapes hanging at the window that his mother placed there in 1856 (restored of course) and still slept in the same big, beautiful Victorian bed in which he was born. His father had fought in the Civil War - (forgot to ask if they knew the Garrett family! RATS!) To make a long story short - he died at a hale 104 years old.

Rob - you take care and get back to work on Ida and Conger! We're waiting!!