April 9, 2015 marked the 150th anniversary of Lee's surrender at Appomattox Courthouse. This seems like such little time - and such a long time all at once, yes? It dawned on me this week that last week also marked the 150th anniversary of my 3rd great-grandfather's capture after the Battle of Saylor's Creek...one of the major turning points in the ultimate demise of Lee's Army. This battle fractured his starving, weary troops just days before the inevitable end. On April 6, 1865, Hachaliah McMath, Jr (1840-1916) - a sergeant in the 11th Florida Infantry Regiment - was one of many (almost three quarters of Lee's entire remaining Army, from what I've read) captured. Context: Hachaliah McMath, Jr. is my 3rd great-grandfather on my father's maternal side of the family. McMath and other prisoners were sent to City Point, VA (Grant's headquarters) on April 14, 1865 and then on to Newport News, VA to be interred as a prisoner of war at Camp Butler. ...