tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31912334.post7735773969893658569..comments2024-03-27T14:30:10.785-04:00Comments on JOHN BANKS' <br> CIVIL WAR BLOG: Worried mother to drummer boy son: 'May Heaven protect you'John Bankshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04384617564864766357noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31912334.post-87337156475182063372023-01-16T08:59:56.629-05:002023-01-16T08:59:56.629-05:00I'm 75 and as read these letters i prayed he w...I'm 75 and as read these letters i prayed he would come home, that was not to be, My heart was in pain when i read that he died, 15 yo. so sad, Thank You John for this post of your !Ron Morrisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10467153517790853784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31912334.post-76546063974294178132023-01-15T22:58:28.626-05:002023-01-15T22:58:28.626-05:00Wonderful correspondence. Thank you for sharing. W...Wonderful correspondence. Thank you for sharing. When I got to the end was so sad to learn he did not make it. Poor mother! Gingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06362383712858775892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31912334.post-61478858814088739702021-03-12T17:38:03.436-05:002021-03-12T17:38:03.436-05:00I only wish I had been more interested in our coun...I only wish I had been more interested in our countries history when I was young and in school. Now in my senior years, I can't seem to get enough.<br /><br />I very much enjoyed this series of letters from both mother and son. Both the article and pictures were fascinating. Thank you for sharing.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07869166578218307074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31912334.post-70997770266016528022021-03-12T07:44:36.015-05:002021-03-12T07:44:36.015-05:00As a Civil War letter collector this was a fascina...As a Civil War letter collector this was a fascinating set. Thanks for sharing!Rob Kosloskenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31912334.post-2269705605247808082020-03-19T06:40:21.226-04:002020-03-19T06:40:21.226-04:00Really great read John, like to read the soldiers ...Really great read John, like to read the soldiers letters, especially ones to their Mother.Doug Petersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03880768134512273569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31912334.post-72359848570666188742019-11-16T10:25:54.745-05:002019-11-16T10:25:54.745-05:00What a moving series of letters between what today...What a moving series of letters between what today would be an 8th grade boy and his mother. Would love to know how the letters from his mother were preserved. Did Lucien have them collected in prison camp or did he mail them back home with his own letters? Or some other way? Great to point out that young musicians often worked with the medical staff in battle. Tragic end to the story.D Clendanielhttp://85thpennsylvania.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31912334.post-21333166901994621282019-09-09T14:54:12.984-04:002019-09-09T14:54:12.984-04:00Such a sad story. Oddly enough, I named my daught...Such a sad story. Oddly enough, I named my daughter Calista. <br />Cheryl Metznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31912334.post-4829361197914862442019-02-21T19:54:48.283-05:002019-02-21T19:54:48.283-05:00The find a grave memorial link is below
https://w...The find a grave memorial link is below<br /><br />https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/123800426/lucien-w_-hubbard#sourceDMRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16952244687266599762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31912334.post-827013451312381652018-03-11T23:22:45.586-04:002018-03-11T23:22:45.586-04:00Tragic tale but it really details the horrors of w...Tragic tale but it really details the horrors of war.Brave young man who sacrificed it all,we are blessed to live in a country that there are those such as Lucien...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31912334.post-88729875454440014932018-03-11T21:35:42.668-04:002018-03-11T21:35:42.668-04:00Great story and really sad. Thanks for sharing ano...Great story and really sad. Thanks for sharing another 14th CVI story.Frank Niederwerfernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31912334.post-59665443607194932092018-03-11T19:57:19.637-04:002018-03-11T19:57:19.637-04:00Thank you for posting,the pains of war run deepThank you for posting,the pains of war run deepUncle Buddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15374486163566280448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31912334.post-20577703607878579712018-03-11T19:50:32.102-04:002018-03-11T19:50:32.102-04:00My pleasure to do, Emilie.... Keep history alive.My pleasure to do, Emilie.... Keep history alive.John Bankshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04384617564864766357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31912334.post-19000069320924078842018-03-11T19:37:10.275-04:002018-03-11T19:37:10.275-04:00Thanks so much for this very well written post abo...Thanks so much for this very well written post about my ancestor. I’m really glad people are finally getting to read his letters. <3Emilie Bosworth-Clemenshttp://crossfox.usnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31912334.post-286217517778202042018-03-11T19:27:20.514-04:002018-03-11T19:27:20.514-04:00wow. (Griff here)wow. (Griff here)Ward Clarke Griffinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06010828665483669226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31912334.post-68135360260414519282018-03-11T18:49:17.017-04:002018-03-11T18:49:17.017-04:00Heartbreaking story John. There is no greater love...Heartbreaking story John. There is no greater love, or sorrow than a mother's love for a son.Ggushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12538856165172558339noreply@blogger.com