Hello gang. I am looking for info about the Phillips clan in particular, Thomas Jefferson Phillips from Walker County. On his tombstone it says 13th Ala. Part Rangers. Yet I have yet to find in my limited resources. Does anyone have a list of these men? Here is what I know about the Rangers. 13th Alabama Battalion Partisan Rangers (merged with 15th Battalion to form 56th Alabama Regiment, Partisan Rangers (Cavalry). I also found some info that was a bit scary. It seems not many liked these groups. Can someone explain just what they would have done? Thanks, Dena List Mom for AL-Civil War List Mom for Threadgill Come join us on Rootsweb! _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx

Dena, I did run across an article in the book "That's Not In My American History Book" by Thomas Ayres. I, too, had an ancestor in the Partisan Rangers and wondered about the negative impression they received. He writes: "The Civil War that gave birth to the cattle industry and the American cowboy also spawned the outlaw gangs of the wild wild west. For a generation of young men, the war was their only education. This was especially so in those states west of the Mississippi River where guerrilla warfare prevailed. Loose-knit Confederate military units, known as partisan rangers early in the war, evolved into nothing more than outlaw bands in its latter stages. The James brothers of Missouri spent their teen years raiding and killing with William Quantrill's guerrilla band. At the end of the war, their entry into outlawry was a natural progression. In fact, their early robberies were carried out like military operations. Although the Jesse James gang was the most notorious of the post-Civil War outlaws, the pattern of armed criminal activity was repeated throughout the South and Southwest." I thought it was an interesting take on something about which I knew nothing. Barbara ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dena Horton" <dreaming_yet_awake@hotmail.com> To: <AL-CIVIL-WAR-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2002 2:51 PM Subject: [AL-Civil War] Partisan Rangers > Hello gang. I am looking for info about the Phillips clan in particular, > Thomas Jefferson Phillips from Walker County. > > On his tombstone it says 13th Ala. Part Rangers. Yet I have yet to find in > my limited resources. Does anyone have a list of these men? > > Here is what I know about the Rangers. > > 13th Alabama Battalion Partisan Rangers > (merged with 15th Battalion to form > 56th Alabama Regiment, Partisan Rangers > (Cavalry). > > > I also found some info that was a bit scary. It seems not many liked these > groups. Can someone explain just what they would have done? > > Thanks, > Dena > List Mom for AL-Civil War > List Mom for Threadgill > Come join us on Rootsweb! > > _________________________________________________________________ > MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: > http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >