re: #102 Shiplord Kirel

After the Union troops fired on m=women and children in St. Louis, my Chrisman great grandpa signed up with the Confederates. He was a shop owner w/o slaves. His last battle was Pea Ridge in Arkansas and he was elevated to Captain.
My grand pa on the Union side helped his father cut down and bury a confederate soldier who had been lynched. He joined with the Union side a couple of years later.