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/782.1 Message Board Post: Have you tried writing to the Alabama Department of Archives and History. They hold all the Civil War information for Alabama. Here is the URL for more information on where to write. http://www.archives.state.al.us/civilwar/index.cfm You can also write to the National Archives and Records Administration at http://www.nara.gov. All military records are stored there. For $17 you can get copies of your ancestor's military records. You may also want to consider posting a message to the Alabama Civil War Message Board at http://history-sites.com/cgi-bin/boards/alcwmb/index.cgi