If you have his Regiment and service dates, which is likely, then you can find online histories of that Regiment Including the battles they fought in. Add in your ancestors service dates and that should tell you where he fought. Another excellent source is his Civil War Pension application and records which you can order online. I have a number of Civil War Ancestors and ordered their records. You find out interesting stuff, like one of mine was docked for a screwdriver when he mustered out.
I have all of that.He moved regiment to regiment.
In Japan they have, or used to have, a superstition about household objects developing a soul after they'd been used for long enough. You couldn't just throw things out without thanking them for their service. With dolls and things they even have a Shinto service for them. They have to be blessed by the priest and then cremated. I hear they do a special one for old Aibo too
Uncanny. I am staring at my mom’s wooden salad bowl. It’s got a crack in the edge, needs sanding, but I can’t seem to toss it, just remembering all the great salads…not sure I can locate a Shinto priest!!
You could just do the Marie Kondo thing: Thank it for it's years of service and then let it go.
After reading your post I did that! Thanks.You could just do the Marie Kondo thing: Thank it for it's years of service and then let it go.
I really like that. I tend to murmur "Farewell, thou good and faithful servant!" to household things before I let them go. Same sort of thing!
An appetizerWhat’s it called when you need a snack to hold you over while you cook? Not hangry but snackitizer or something like that?
I guess the time change, weather and busy Saturday caught up to me because I missed lunch and it’s dinner time but no one else is hungry. Now I’m trying to be patient waiting for water to boil for pasta without getting into too much else. Proper food instead of snacks.
Lucky you. Here, the average snowfall is about 95 inches; this year, it is almost 130", and we still have nearly two months to go, as it is not unusual to get snow into May.
WAY more snow than I want to deal with. Our record is only 84 inches.
I'm not sure, but I know there's a thing called chop&pop. It's when you pop bits of vegetables, fruit or whatever else you're chopping up for dinner into your mouth to keep you going as you cook.
Oh I call that quality control.
Its especially important when baking chocolate chip cookies.
And pasta salad!
So much for my cheap and simple update! I don’t have time to sew them like I did for my dining room/kitchen curtains. Oh well. No rush I guess. At least the room will look a little refreshed for spring.
