tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post2585877812699772319..comments2024-03-27T09:44:59.329-04:00Comments on Free North Carolina: NC: For the Love of the Dear Old HomelandBrock Townsendhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11404173139501539265noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post-15492406999942665942016-10-08T20:37:51.772-04:002016-10-08T20:37:51.772-04:00Thanks for the info.Thanks for the info.Brock Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11404173139501539265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post-42734182550972625352016-10-08T20:31:43.338-04:002016-10-08T20:31:43.338-04:00I'm proud to say that my biological (I was ado...I'm proud to say that my biological (I was adopted by the Mallernee family) great great great grandfather, Corporal Jonathan Trueblood, North Carolina Seventh Regiment, Confederate Senior Reserves (conscripted, he was a farmer, and too old for the regular Army) was at the Battle of Bentonville, and was listed among the troops present with General Joseph Eggleston Johnston at the surrender to General William Tecumseh Sherman.<br /><br />I once stopped at Bentonville, but it was late, and they were closed, so all I could do was look around at some of the grounds.<br /><br />Jonathan Trueblood's son, William Trueblood, who is also my direct ancestor, went North and joined the Union Army, seeing much action with a Mounted Infantry unit.<br /><br />After the war, Jonathan Trueblood walked to Illinois, where he and his son, William, were reunited, settled, and are now buried.John Robert Mallernee, KB3KWS, in Vernal, Utahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03663667887010646435noreply@blogger.com