Serve Your Country Or Serve Yourself

Over 150 years ago, the Civil War raged. It is not unlike what we are dealing with today. The country divided, just like then.

My 3rd great grandfather, Orrin Deforest Rose, was born in 1824 in New York City. He married Lovinia Ann Jewell and owned a farm in upstate NY. He enlisted in the 22nd NY Civil War at the age of 38 in 1862, leaving behind a wife and 5 children.