165 years ago, thousands of Texans left their homes and families and went to war.
They were farmers and merchants, husbands and fathers, sons and brothers. They carried with them photographs of the people they loved. They wrote letters home. They endured hardship, separation, battle and loss.
Today, their voices survive in faded photographs, handwritten letters, military records, family Bibles — and in the stories passed from one generation to the next.
But those stories survive only if someone remembers.
Do you have a Confederate ancestor?
Perhaps you already know his name and have heard his story all your life.
Perhaps you've been told there was a Confederate soldier somewhere in your family tree, but you don't know who he was.
Or perhaps you've never looked.
The Williamson County Grays can help you begin.