Keith Hall(1955-present), Nannie Hopper Hall(1900-1972), William T Hopper(1859-1930)Danview Cemetery, Hwy 700, Draper, NC,George W Hopper(1834-1863)3 Jul 1863 KIA Gettysburg, Pa Pvt., Co K (Cascade Rifles) 38th Va Infantry. George W Hopper is my great-great grandfather. A few years ago I was working on my genealogy with Ancestry.com and discovered from the census that George W Hopper was there in the 1860 census, but in 1870 only his wife Martha F Goodman was the head of household. When I researched it further I found out he had died at Picket's Charge. I often wondered the emotions of the Civil War soldiers. They must have fought proudly and bravely. Some were concerned about fighting their own brothers. It is hard to imagine if we could do something like that today, for the reasons that they fought for, which is sometimes unclear to me. Their leaders just marched them out there in a straight line and allowed them to be shot down. This was pretty much the way that the British fought for so many years. They were stationed out of Pittsylvania County and Danville, Va. It is interesting to read many of the old letters on the internet written by Civil War soldiers to understand the emotion of all of this. Many wanted to be at home with their families. Many were sick, wounded and cold. Many were arrested as deserters. My other great-great grandfather was in the home guard which is fuel for another blog. Our ancestors led interesting lives. If they could only see us now. Red States and Blue states, republicans and democrats,liberals and conservatives, left wing and right wing, could it ever happen again?
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