Doris, There was a John Strickland from Pike; appears on the NARA list as John Stricklan; appears in Murphree's Pike list, the Rgt History and Pike Cemetery records as John Strickland. Enlisted about Apr 1861 as Pvt, Co I, 15th Ala Inf Rgt, age 18; Sep 7, 1842- Mar 20, 1888; buried Belser Cemetery, Pike County; There was also a Capt William H. Strickland who served w/ Co I of the 15th and also survived the war, but just barely. Deo Vindice, Homer