In a message dated 5/6/2002 8:27:43 AM Central Daylight Time, thecottens@juno.com writes: > I was just wondering if anyone had the 3-CD set of Civil War records that > Rootsweb is selling for $10. I just wondered if it was worth the money. > Thanks! > Karen: This is a question that many have asked, and to date I haven't read a reply. As for myself, I chanced the $10.00 offer and if I don't care for it I'll donate same to the local library. I didn't care to see Lincoln's picture on the front of the CD ;-) Regards, Glenn Jones Brig. Gen. Stand Watie SCV Camp 1303 Oklahoma I. T.

I was just wondering if anyone had the 3-CD set of Civil War records that Rootsweb is selling for $10. I just wondered if it was worth the money. Thanks! Karen (Brooks) Cotten ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Johnson, Dill, Taylor, Willett, Wright, Perrin, Herrin, Cobb, Worley, Moon, Renfroe, Craft, Childers Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/xhC.2ACE/721.1.1.2 Message Board Post: There are some Childers in the Walker County, AL area also. Anyone looked there? At this time they are a lower priority for me, being distant cousins. Just a suggestion.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: PRINCE Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/xhC.2ACE/756.1.1 Message Board Post: Jimmy--Thanks for the info. That clarifys things for me and I will look at the on-line book on John B. Gordon. Phil

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/xhC.2ACE/756.1 Message Board Post: Phil You are correct that soldiers in Company D were not all recruited from Jackson County Alabama. That was the official status. In truth and should be reflected on the web site is that the men came from three states. Alabama, Georgia and Tennessee. See the full text of Gordon's book at: University of North Carolina at Chapell Hill Libraries - Documenting the American South. http://docsouth.unc.edu/index.html Reminiscences of the Civil War by General John B. Gordon. http://docsouth.unc.edu/gordon/menu.html - Jimmy Allen

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: PRINCE Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/xhC.2ACE/756 Message Board Post: I am confused on just how the 6th Ala. was formed. On Jimmy Allen's wonderful website, the 6th was formed from recuits in Jackson county. But one of the guys enlisted in the 6th Ala from nearby Dade county Ga. Also, in the book "The Civil War" (the companion to the PBS series of the same name) it states: "John B. Gordon...raised a company of mountaineers who insisted on wearing coonskin caps and called themselves the "Raccoon Roughs" When they reached Atlanta and were told they were not yet needed, they stayed put while Gordon sent telegrams offering their services to all the southern governors. Alabama finally found room for them, and they boarded the train for Montgomery" Not doubting you Jimmy, I am just a bit bewildered. I am trying to establish if those Prince brothers were in Ga. or Ala. in 1860. Anyone have conjectures on this? Thank you all. Ira P. Prince

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/xhC.2ACE/721.1.1.1 Message Board Post: jerry, you can write me at lindainalabama@yahoo.com where are you in marshall co. linda

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/xhC.2ACE/752.1.1 Message Board Post: The original message indicates a residence in Lowndes County about 1850. Although I have not checked the census, Lt. Col. May appears to have been living in Conecuh County in 1860. Of course the man you wish to identify may be any one of those on Ken's list. It seems more likely that he was a militia officer. We would need a first name and middle initial before going forward with this search.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/xhC.2ACE/752.1 Message Board Post: I don't know that this is the right man, but he's the only match I find from an Alabama unit. He is Lt. Col. Joseph Jennings MAY of the 16th AL Infantry, formerly a captain with Co. "D" before being promoted to Major, then Lt. Col. He was wounded in the Atlanta Campaign and disabled. There are other Col. MAYs in the Confederate Army: May, Andrew J., 5th KY Mounted Infantry, Co. "A", a Col. May, J.W., 10th AR Militia, a Col., and May, James H., 4th AR Infantry, a Lt. Col.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: PRINCE Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/xhC.2ACE/754.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Alan-Ira H Prince and brothers are in the household of his father William D. Prince in the 1850 census of Murray co. Ga. Ira is in the 1860 census of Jackson co. Ala. with his family. I have yet to find his brothers in an 1860 census, but I am still looking. As I just found his brothers in the 6th Ala, I will check the rest of the Jackson co. census. I suspect his brothers may have died in the Battle of Seven Pines. The 6th was pretty decimated in that conflict as you may know. I have sent for their CMSR documents. Thanks for your interest. Ira P. Prince

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/xhC.2ACE/755.1.1 Message Board Post: The story is from a book that my mother has located at the local library in Greenwood, MS. I believe it is called "Battery C" and is a biographical collection of information of men who served in Battery C of the 140th Field Artillery of WWI (I believe). The book was published in 1961, and my great grandmother was interviewed for some of the information. Dr. Maharrey was the father of one of the men in Battery C. We can currently only take this info at face value until we can confirm all or part of it. We have already uncovered a discrepancy with the birth date of the son. I am waiting for USPS to bring me the copies. As of yet, I have not seen the text in person.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/xhC.2ACE/755.1 Message Board Post: Unless they were volunteers, medical officers were appointed by regimental commanders and commissioned by the Medical Department in Richmond. Afterwards the authorities in Richmond controlled assignments. Most of their records should appear with general and staff officer microfilm, although many references are filed with the regiments. There were a limited number of Alabama regiments which saw action at Shiloh, and I don't see any surgeon or assistant surgeon that died there. However, I'm assuming this man was a commissioned medical officer. Perhaps he was assigned to a regiment from another state. In any case, his name should appear in the CSA index. Do you know his exact name? How do you know this story? What other eividence do you have?

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/xhC.2ACE/754.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Do they not appear in the 1860 census? The Ira H. Prince that appears in the CSA index surrendered with the garrison of Vicksburg as a member of Co. H. 34th Georgia Inf. Regt.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Maharrey Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/xhC.2ACE/755 Message Board Post: I need infomation on how to research this: I am trying to find information on Dr. Maharrey from Montgomery, AL who died at the battle of Shiloh. The information is so abundant, I would like to narrow down the search field. Would he have been assigned to a particular unit because of where he was from??? I know that he was a doctor, but I don't know what role he played at Shiloh. Would this make any difference as to what unit he would have been placed in??? Any comments on how to approach this would be appreciated.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/xhC.2ACE/751.1.2.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Thanks Alan, I will print this out and see what I can do this summer. I read the book Killer Angels about the Civil War and was struck by the sheer numbers of men involved in the battles and also how "polite" the officers were when they spoke or wrote to each other. Thanks again, linda

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: PRINCE Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/xhC.2ACE/754.1.1 Message Board Post: Jimmy, Thank you for the response to my query on Green Prince. I do have all the other men you listed in my files. The two Prince men from Russell co. were first cousins. William H. Prince was killed at the battle of Seven Pines, yet his cousin William A. Prince survived the war. They, however, bear no relation to my line. I suspect Green, William, and John were brothers to my Ira H. Prince. It has been a long search.I have Ira's service record which contains his parole document from Vicksburg. I will try to get the others.Thanks---Ira Phillip Prince

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Prince Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/xhC.2ACE/754.1 Message Board Post: Do you know anything about the two other Prince Soldiers in Company D? PRINCE, Green (Corporal, Company D, 6th Alabama Infantry Regiment) NARA Film M374 Roll 36 PRINCE, John (Private, Company D, 6th Alabama Infantry Regiment) NARA Film M374 Roll 36 PRINCE, William (Corporal, Company D, 6th Alabama Infantry Regiment) NARA Film M374 Roll 36 Two more in Company F from Russell County PRINCE, William A. (Private, Company F, 6th Alabama Infantry Regiment) NARA Film M374 Roll 36 PRINCE, William H. (Private, Company F, 6th Alabama Infantry Regiment) NARA Film M374 Roll 36 Jimmy Allen http://home.att.net/~al_6th_inf/

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: PRINCE Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/xhC.2ACE/754 Message Board Post: Looking for a Cpl. Green Prince was recruited from Jackson Co. Ala. and part of Company D. Anyone have info they could share? I am trying to find out if he is a brother to Ira H. Prince, as Ira lived in Jackson co. Ala. in 1860-61. Thanks for any help in my search.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/xhC.2ACE/751.1.2.1.1.1 Message Board Post: You're not far away from several interesting battlefields in middle Tennessee and north Georgia. I'll try to remember to leave a message about a recent guide to Civil War sites in Georgia. Surely there's another on Tennessee. But unless you have a good imagination, there's not much to see about the war in north Alabama. >From Marshall County it's a short trip to the Chattanooga battlefields. On Lookout Mountain you can visit the Craven House, Point Park and Sunset Rock, where Longstreet viewed Federal camps in Lookout Valley and planned the attack at Wauhatchie. Of course it's not far from there to Missionary Ridge, where visitors can drive along the crest and see Confederate battery and brigade markers from the battle. There are any number of other CW-related sites and attractions in and around the city. If you have time, spend a weekend at Chickamauga National Battlefield Park. After Gettysburg, this is the most visited battlefield park in the country. It covers a large area and may be somewhat hard to understand. Southern military commands assembled from Mississippi to Virginia managed to win a major victory here, the most significant credited to Confederate arms west of Virginia. Alan "The eyes of the LORD keep watch over knowledge, but he overthrows the words of the faithless." Prov. 22:12