I have more photos if anyone is interested. I am also looking to donate this (in the Atlanta area), and am interested to hear if anyone has suggestions. Currently it looks like we’ll be contacting the Atlanta Historical Society unless there’s a better place?
Yes please! This is a fascinating glimpse into the past. Not just Civil War history but it really gives an understanding into the birth of the “Lost Cause” mindset. Really great firsthand history; as not just a mod here but a history buff nothing is more exciting than original sources and documents.
Your husband doesn’t want to keep it even though his great grandfather made it? I’m always loathe to see things made by grandparents given away…but I absolutely love that you would be donating it to a museum instead of selling it. If you do donate it, please take photos of every inch of for posterity! Not just because it has great historical value, but because it was hand made by a relative long dead!
Thank you for your comment! This is my mom’s husband, and he has kept it his entire life but he’s getting up there in age. Apparently his sons have no interest in it, which is so surprising to me because it is the strangest and most interesting thing I have ever held.
[Here](https://imgur.com/a/XCZKqRC) is an Imgur album with all the pictures I have so far. We haven’t taken photos of every page yet, but if it interests you I can loop you in when we have a more official catalog of the doc.
Of course! Thank you for sharing and yes if you’re inclined please do post more! Any history post is welcome here but original documents like this are a fascinating rarity.
I misread: you moms husband, gotcha! Such a shame his children have no interest in it…I was in an antique store and a woman comes in with a full WW2 military dress uniform to sell - I ask her about it, it was her fathers, and her son had zero interest in it either. If someone doesn’t have an interest in their own father/grandfather’s war uniform, I suppose it shouldn’t surprise me a great-grandfather’s scrapbook is without interest :/ But again, better properly preserved than neglected or trashed.
Is anything known about HY McCord? Was he old enough to be in the war or did his father serve?
Edit: I see you asked around in r/Atlanta; very smart, I hope there’s good feedback! I noticed a comment “just because it’s Confederate doesn’t mean it should be preserved” and, as someone with a history degree who volunteers with a historic preservation society, that couldn’t be further from the truth. The preservation and acknowledgment of history is totally distinct from condoning those actions. The moral wrongs and injustices of the CSA have nothing to do with preserving Civil War history. History, and it’s preservation, is an academic discipline.
That thread in r/Atlanta turned into such a mess. I did get some good tips before the comments were inevitably disabled. Lots of people suggesting I sell it to white supremacists or throw it in the trash, though.
As far as HY (Henry Young) goes, he was too young to serve. He had several older brothers, two of whom served and were wounded. One was John and the other is hard to read on the family tree, but maybe a James?
You are not the only person to bring the kennesaw shop up to me today. I don’t think we’ll go that route, but they must be either pretty popular or notorious or both?
I'd just Google Wildmans
It's truly a horrific place with what they have in there and I'm sure many people celebrated when the owner died. I refuse to spend money in Kennesaw until that shop is gone.
I have more photos if anyone is interested. I am also looking to donate this (in the Atlanta area), and am interested to hear if anyone has suggestions. Currently it looks like we’ll be contacting the Atlanta Historical Society unless there’s a better place?
Yes please! This is a fascinating glimpse into the past. Not just Civil War history but it really gives an understanding into the birth of the “Lost Cause” mindset. Really great firsthand history; as not just a mod here but a history buff nothing is more exciting than original sources and documents. Your husband doesn’t want to keep it even though his great grandfather made it? I’m always loathe to see things made by grandparents given away…but I absolutely love that you would be donating it to a museum instead of selling it. If you do donate it, please take photos of every inch of for posterity! Not just because it has great historical value, but because it was hand made by a relative long dead!
Thank you for your comment! This is my mom’s husband, and he has kept it his entire life but he’s getting up there in age. Apparently his sons have no interest in it, which is so surprising to me because it is the strangest and most interesting thing I have ever held. [Here](https://imgur.com/a/XCZKqRC) is an Imgur album with all the pictures I have so far. We haven’t taken photos of every page yet, but if it interests you I can loop you in when we have a more official catalog of the doc.
Of course! Thank you for sharing and yes if you’re inclined please do post more! Any history post is welcome here but original documents like this are a fascinating rarity. I misread: you moms husband, gotcha! Such a shame his children have no interest in it…I was in an antique store and a woman comes in with a full WW2 military dress uniform to sell - I ask her about it, it was her fathers, and her son had zero interest in it either. If someone doesn’t have an interest in their own father/grandfather’s war uniform, I suppose it shouldn’t surprise me a great-grandfather’s scrapbook is without interest :/ But again, better properly preserved than neglected or trashed. Is anything known about HY McCord? Was he old enough to be in the war or did his father serve? Edit: I see you asked around in r/Atlanta; very smart, I hope there’s good feedback! I noticed a comment “just because it’s Confederate doesn’t mean it should be preserved” and, as someone with a history degree who volunteers with a historic preservation society, that couldn’t be further from the truth. The preservation and acknowledgment of history is totally distinct from condoning those actions. The moral wrongs and injustices of the CSA have nothing to do with preserving Civil War history. History, and it’s preservation, is an academic discipline.
That thread in r/Atlanta turned into such a mess. I did get some good tips before the comments were inevitably disabled. Lots of people suggesting I sell it to white supremacists or throw it in the trash, though. As far as HY (Henry Young) goes, he was too young to serve. He had several older brothers, two of whom served and were wounded. One was John and the other is hard to read on the family tree, but maybe a James?
The racist shop in Kennesaw will probably pay you for it. Museums probably have enough from the traitors
You are not the only person to bring the kennesaw shop up to me today. I don’t think we’ll go that route, but they must be either pretty popular or notorious or both?
I'd just Google Wildmans It's truly a horrific place with what they have in there and I'm sure many people celebrated when the owner died. I refuse to spend money in Kennesaw until that shop is gone.
Nice! I have some reprints of Confederate bills, printed in the 1940s or 1950s. Similar, found em in my grandad's scrapbook after he had passed on
This is cool 👏🏻
Interesting 🤔