Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Bony Tank Rememberd

On 31 Oct 2009 at 11:00 am the SCV Camps of the area will be having an Iron Cross Ceremony for  Bony Tank ( CHARLES AND NAPOLEON BONAPARTE TANKERSLEY). This will take place at his grave site in Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery.

Bony Tank  was said to be the first wounded Georgian brought back to the hospital in Atlanta after the start of the Civil War. Come out and honor this Civil War Hero.

For more information contact Tim Ragland at timragland@windstream.net. Hope to see you there.

3 comments:

  1. What a great ceremony!!! I would say around 30-35 family members showed up. I will post some photos and some of the speeches soon. Thank everyone who made this such a great event.
    TKCR

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  2. PLEASE post pics!!

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  3. Hi all, I will be changing the blog location soon, the site is back up at www.lumpkincountygen.net . Please check it out and send in info at info@lunpkincountygen.net . I hope to see you all there.

    webmaster,

    Tracey K Ragland

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