{"id":2868,"date":"2015-05-17T12:58:06","date_gmt":"2015-05-17T17:58:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/?page_id=2868"},"modified":"2026-09-18T18:13:32","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T23:13:32","slug":"my-civil-war-ancestors","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/genealogy\/my-civil-war-ancestors\/","title":{"rendered":"My Civil War Ancestors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"intro\">The Civil War touched several branches of my family, with relatives serving in both Union and Confederate units. This page brings together the ancestors and close family members I have identified in military records, along with links to their individual stories, regimental histories, diaries, and related research. Their service ranged from brief wartime enlistments to longer campaigns, and in some cases left behind records that offer an unusually personal glimpse into their lives during the war.<\/p>\n<h2>Confederate<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/genealogy\/families\/hurt\/joseph-david-hurt-1822-1864\/\">Joseph David Hurt<\/a> &#8211; 2nd Lieutenant, G Company, 55th Tennessee Infantry <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/genealogy\/families\/hurt\/55th-browns-regiment-tennessee-infantry-csa\/\" target=\"_blank\">55th (Brown\u2019s) Regiment Tennessee Infantry CSA, An Annotated Civil War Chronology <\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Union<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/genealogy\/families\/leblond\/robert-emmett-leblond-1840-1928\/\">Robert Emmett LeBlond<\/a> &#8211; Corporal Company B, 139th Regiment, Ohio National Guard Infantry. Mustered in on May 13, 1864. Mustered out three months later on 26, 1864.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/genealogy\/families\/labar\/jesse-labar-1835-1913\/\">Jesse Labar<\/a> &#8211; Read his diary. 28th PA Volunteers, Private, Company E, <\/p>\n<p>My Farquhar ancestors were too old and too young to fight <a href=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/genealogy\/families\/farquhar\/john-fraser-farquhar-1821-1866\/\">but visited Gettysburg soon after the battle<\/a> there. <\/p>\n<p>William James Fisher is not related to my family in any way but I&#8217;ve published the research my uncle did on his military service which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/william-james-fisher\/\">you can read here<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Civil War touched several branches of my family, with relatives serving in both Union and Confederate units. This page brings together the ancestors and close family members I have identified in military records, along with links to their individual stories, regimental histories, diaries, and related research. 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I've uncovered distant ancestors and met long-lost cousins along the way and I'm sharing some of the data with you on these pages. If you can't find what you are looking\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Genealogy News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Genealogy News","link":"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/category\/genealogy-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1108,"url":"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/families\/hurt\/","url_meta":{"origin":2868,"position":1},"title":"Hurt","author":"Karen","date":"June 27, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"It seems that my line of Hurts (there are several branches) emigrated (at different times to the colonies from England (many from the Bristol area) and settled in Virginia in the 1600's. 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He attended Gettysburg College, where he majored in biology and met his future wife, Mary Ellen Reinsmith. 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To help me, I've started compiling profiles of other Patricks that I find in my research. Here they are. If they help you, great! You're welcome. 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