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.

http://www.tngenweb.org/scott/fnb_v7n2_martin_van_buren_bates.htm

and

http://yeahpot.com/mvbbates.htm

After reading this I can only imagine how big their children would have been had they both lived.

http://www.bencaudill.com/documents_msc/Martin_Van_Buren_Bates.html