A Genealogical Odyssey
Recreating the Battle of Anderson.
The Confederate line.
Federal troops pitch their tents on one side of the battlefield.
On 1 May 1865, Confederate and Union forces met on a small field in Anderson County, South Carolina, three weeks after Lee’s surrender at Appomattox. This obscure skirmish was one of the last to take place east of the Mississippi. Re-enactors meet at a field on the outskirts of Honea Path to recreate the battle for observers over three days each April.
Me, my brother, and my sister, Easter Sunday, circa 1976. On Duggan Hill, Clayton, Rabun Co., GA.
My mother’s mother, Maw-Maw, as a young woman.
Felix Bruce Gleason, crew member on the Little Lulu. The date written below his name on the picture reads “19-Aug-22-1944.”
Walter Weaver, crew member on the Little Lulu.
Ralph Robinson, crew member on the Little Lulu. The inscription on the bottom of the picture reads, “Born Dec. 30, 1924.”
John James, crew member on the Little Lulu.
John F. Damore, crew member on the Little Lulu.
Edwin G. Dunham, crew member on the Little Lulu.
There is some confusion over this gentleman’s name. I have his first name as Edward, Erwin, and Edwin, and his surname as both Dunham and Durham. If anyone can help sort out his name, please let me know, as I would be most appreciative.
Eugene Jaleniewicz, crew member on the Little Lulu.
Digging in the Roots 