Thursday, June 18, 2009

The Confederate Giant


Well while reading my daily "This Day in History" for June 17th and I found little tidbit:
1871 - Mr. and Mrs. Martin Bates were married. It turned out to be a tall order for the couple. They both stood over seven feet tall. Imagine the size of the wedding cake!
So I did a little googling and found some more information on this Mr. Bates. His name is Martin Van Buren Bates and he was a well known Confederate soldier and thus the nickname "The Confederate Giant". Check out these tidbits and pictures.
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After reading this I can only imagine how big their children would have been had they both lived.

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