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