I have been a researcher of family tree for several surnames, if it hadn't been for persons sharing with me I wouldn't have all the data I have today to SHARE WITH OTHERS, I have never charged anyone. I't kinda like money, when you die you can't take it with you!! And how in the world would a person get anywhere if someone didn't share their family data? Come on folks, be GENEROUS!! ANDERSONVILLE-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > Subject: > > ANDERSONVILLE-D Digest Volume 99 : Issue 33 > > Today's Topics: > #1 Re: ANDERSONVILLE-D Digest V99 #30 [Alexahunt@aol.com] > > Administrivia: > To unsubscribe from ANDERSONVILLE-D, send a message to > > ANDERSONVILLE-D-request@rootsweb.com > > that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Re: ANDERSONVILLE-D Digest V99 #30 > Date: Mon, 8 Mar 1999 21:10:37 EST > From: Alexahunt@aol.com > To: ANDERSONVILLE-L@rootsweb.com > > <<<<<One problem not confined to Mailing Lists is that those who have done > research and make positive contributions find precious few fellow > contributors, but many thousands who want to sop up what others have done. > Researchers may sooner or later feel exploited and drop back to off-list > communication with like-minded individuals.>>>>> jalongley@cwix.com > > Is research not to be shared with others? How else will we learn? How else > will history perpetuate itself? Are those who have only done a limited amount > of research > excluded from the group? > I only wished to begin a discussion of the Andersonville prison, and possibly > other subjects in this vein . As far as geneology, it's just fine with me that > those who want to find their ancestors post here.....we certainly can do both. > > Alexahunt@ao > l.com

<<<<<One problem not confined to Mailing Lists is that those who have done research and make positive contributions find precious few fellow contributors, but many thousands who want to sop up what others have done. Researchers may sooner or later feel exploited and drop back to off-list communication with like-minded individuals.>>>>> jalongley@cwix.com Is research not to be shared with others? How else will we learn? How else will history perpetuate itself? Are those who have only done a limited amount of research excluded from the group? I only wished to begin a discussion of the Andersonville prison, and possibly other subjects in this vein . As far as geneology, it's just fine with me that those who want to find their ancestors post here.....we certainly can do both. Alexahunt@ao l.com

Hi Researchers, A couple weeks ago I saw a request for someone looking for info on Jacob Bennett. I would like to get intouch with the person who was posting this request. I was at Andersonville today doing lookups and I have something that I think would intrest you. Somehow I deleted the origional posting and dont have your request. Kevin Frye Butler Georgia Frye@gnat.net

Dorothy: My grandfather, James W. Chapman, of Company B, 75th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, was also captured at the Battle of Gainesville, Fl and incarcerated at Andersonville. However, there are no records, family or military, that indicate that he might have escaped. As this battle was 8/17/1864, and the prison was shut down not long after that, an escape attempt might have been unlikely. I found your letter written by your ancestor very interesting. My grandfather's pension file (100 pages long) was fascinating; wish, though, that he had written something about his experiences as your ancestor did. He received his pension only after numerous applications, some of which listed his unit's service records; did you know the 75th fought at Chancellorsville, Bull Run and Gettysburg? Would love to keep in touch with another 75th OVI descendant. Good luck in your research. Patty Chapman Pulasky > Thomas Erskine, 75th Ohio Vol. Inf. Co I - was captured at the battle of > Gainesville, FL and taken to Andersonville. Family tradition states he > escaped from there, but there is no proof. He does not show up on the > list of prisoners paroled. He later shows up on the rolls of Company B > of the 75th OVI. Anyone out there who has ancestors captured at the > same battle who may have escaped with him?

--WebTV-Mail-1629613741-2 Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Dorothy, like you I am new at this. I found a book last week at my local library at Elgin. The book is call the " Andersonville Diary" pub. 1883 by John L. Ransom . It listed the names of "deaths and escapes of Andersonville". Have you heard of this book? I would recommend that you check on your local library on this book. It should be a worthwhile adventure for you. Jim James R. Searight 1059 W. Highland Ave. Elgin, Il. 60123 --WebTV-Mail-1629613741-2 Content-Disposition: Inline Content-Type: Message/RFC822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Received: from mailsorter-102.bryant.webtv.net (209.240.198.92) by postoffice-102.iap.bryant.webtv.net; Sat, 6 Mar 1999 16:20:29 -0800 (PST) Return-Path: <ANDERSONVILLE-L-request@rootsweb.com> Received: from bl-30.rootsweb.com (bl-30.rootsweb.com [207.113.245.30]) by mailsorter-102.bryant.webtv.net (8.8.8/ms.graham.14Aug97) with ESMTP id QAA22490; Sat, 6 Mar 1999 16:20:27 -0800 (PST) Received: (from slist@localhost) by bl-30.rootsweb.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id QAA04557; Sat, 6 Mar 1999 16:13:27 -0800 (PST) Resent-Date: Sat, 6 Mar 1999 16:13:27 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <36E1C4CA.E9E3DAF6@inconnect.com> Date: Sat, 06 Mar 1999 17:14:02 -0700 From: Dorothy Johansen <dorothyj@inconnect.com> X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.05 [en] (Win95; U) MIME-Version: 1.0 Old-To: "ANDERSONVILLE-L@rootsweb.com" <ANDERSONVILLE-L@rootsweb.com> Subject: Escape from Andersonville Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Resent-Message-ID: <"2LAKFB.A.2GB.nSc42"@bl-30.rootsweb.com> Resent-From: ANDERSONVILLE-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <ANDERSONVILLE-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/322 X-Loop: ANDERSONVILLE-L@rootsweb.com To: ANDERSONVILLE-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Errors-To: ANDERSONVILLE-L-request@rootsweb.com Resent-Sender: ANDERSONVILLE-L-request@rootsweb.com Thomas Erskine, 75th Ohio Vol. Inf. Co I - was captured at the battle of Gainesville, FL and taken to Andersonville. Family tradition states he escaped from there, but there is no proof. He does not show up on the list of prisoners paroled. He later shows up on the rolls of Company B of the 75th OVI. Anyone out there who has ancestors captured at the same battle who may have escaped with him? You may be interested in a letter he wrote in an effort to secure his pension: Sir, This is another blank that was filled out by wone of my ofiecers it will show you that I ain't wanting to fool the government I volunteered and went out willingly to fite for my contery and was broke down never hav been abel to do a days work sinc nor never will sow I justley diserve a pension from the government No wone knows how I did sufer while in them prisons naked and coverd with lise and kep on a pint of corn meal ground up cob and oll a day when I went out in to the surves I was in the 75 Ohio Co I, and when I got out of prison I was put in Co. B and when I was discharged I blonged to Co B I hope that I will hear from you soon. Thomas Erskine 75 Ohio Volunteer, Company B PS: I hav sufferd a gradel with this camp diarhea ther is some times I am scarsley able to walk a round it wood hav been beter for me that my bones had lade in the andersonvill sand then to hav suferd a way I hav Yours with respect, Thomas Erskine --WebTV-Mail-1629613741-2--

Go to Andersonville search site, you can now search by Company and regiment (both links at bottom of page). Type in just Company letter and Regiment number, click search. The server takes a while to compile your list; the list will include everyone in *any* company and regiment that had the same letter-number combination, from each State. If there is a pattern of the same sort of data for others from the same unit, you can write for the other Pension application files. Perhaps more than one man told a similar story.

Thomas Erskine, 75th Ohio Vol. Inf. Co I - was captured at the battle of Gainesville, FL and taken to Andersonville. Family tradition states he escaped from there, but there is no proof. He does not show up on the list of prisoners paroled. He later shows up on the rolls of Company B of the 75th OVI. Anyone out there who has ancestors captured at the same battle who may have escaped with him? You may be interested in a letter he wrote in an effort to secure his pension: Sir, This is another blank that was filled out by wone of my ofiecers it will show you that I ain't wanting to fool the government I volunteered and went out willingly to fite for my contery and was broke down never hav been abel to do a days work sinc nor never will sow I justley diserve a pension from the government No wone knows how I did sufer while in them prisons naked and coverd with lise and kep on a pint of corn meal ground up cob and oll a day when I went out in to the surves I was in the 75 Ohio Co I, and when I got out of prison I was put in Co. B and when I was discharged I blonged to Co B I hope that I will hear from you soon. Thomas Erskine 75 Ohio Volunteer, Company B PS: I hav sufferd a gradel with this camp diarhea ther is some times I am scarsley able to walk a round it wood hav been beter for me that my bones had lade in the andersonvill sand then to hav suferd a way I hav Yours with respect, Thomas Erskine

Subj: Re: Andersonville Date: 99-03-06 18:48:50 EST From: GKapper To: frye@gnat.net Hi Kevin, Thank you for sending the picture file and the offer to send the brochure. I have been in contact with the Andersonville Memorial before and I think they sent me a copy of it. Apparently my great grandfather does not show up on the list of prisoners that they have/had. I sent copies of his military files but I do not know if that is sufficient evidence for them. I would think that alot of those prisoners would want to keep their mouths shut and a really low profile. His military file is listed as Samuel Broomer although his name was really Broomall. My information on him and his imprisonment for nine months following the Battle at the Wilderness came from his Civil War Pension files and Military files. These definately state that he was captured at the Wilderness, sent to prison and then released 9 months later at NE Ferry. He signed up at the very beginning of the war in Pennsylvania and stayed till the end. I would love to learn more about him and what his "job" was. I find it hard to imagine that he would have lasted through the whole war if he was on the front lines, so I have always envisoned some sort of support role for him. He was captured right before the horror of that terrible battle in the Wilderness. Would you think him lucky to have escaped the burning of the woods when he then wound up in prison camp? I have never been able to decide whether that would be good fortune or not. At least he lived to return to Pennsylvania, marry and raise a family. I hope the list continues and some discussion ensues about the Civil War times. I would like to learn more about the townspeople, the dress and diet. Thank you for writing. I'll stay tuned for some good list discussion! Nancy at GKapper@aol.com

Andersonville *or* the kin and forebears? Why not both? Mailing Lists pretty much discuss whatever comes up, when and as recipients are interested in pursuing topics, responding to queries, whatever. Folks tune in as long as the subject matter interests them or has potential for answering questions. You want to talk history and locale, kick it off. What do you know, or want to know? Have you compiled a bibliography or done some specific research? One problem not confined to Mailing Lists is that those who have done research and make positive contributions find precious few fellow contributors, but many thousands who want to sop up what others have done. Researchers may sooner or later feel exploited and drop back to off-list communication with like-minded individuals. I am fairly new to this list, so don't know whether or how often this has occurred here. jalongley@cwix.com

Hello from Indiana, I joined the list because of a genealogy interest (ie, my great grandfather's Civil War records state that he was a captured at the Wilderness and was a prisoner at Andersonville for nine months....living to return home to Pennsylvania); however, I think that everything that I can learn about his life experience adds to the total picture of the families that endured these times. For me, Genealogy research is not just the documenting of facts and figures in the records and I think your idea of general discussion is most interesting! GKapper@aol.com

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Hello list members. I was just wondering if there are any members who joined this group as I did to discuss Andersonville Prison, and possibly other CW prisons. I am not looking for any relatives, just interested in facts and fallacies. I thought maybe we could get a discussion going on this topic....I don't think this group was originally set up as a genealogy forum... but maybe I'm wrong.. Alexahunt@aol.com

You can request form 80 via e-mail by sending e-mail to inquire@arch2.nara.gov with the word form 80 in the subject. Include your snail mail in the message and you may request up to five forms. Nikki -----Original Message----- From: HOUK DON (CBD) <DGHOUK@email.kline.co.jp> To: ANDERSONVILLE-L@rootsweb.com <ANDERSONVILLE-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Thursday, March 04, 1999 1:05 AM Subject: RE: List >Hi Abby-----If you haven't already done so, you should >write the National Archives & Records Administration, >7th and Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Wash., DC 20408 & >request a Form 80.....After receiving that blank form, >you must fill in name & all vital data you know about >your Civil War ancestor, then return it to Archives. If >he was indeed a prisoner in Andersonville, there will >surely be a record in the Archives & they will forward >copies at cost of $10, or no charge if nothing found. >I followed these instructions upon learning that my >great-grandfather had been in Andersonville & was >delighted with the amount of data I obtained plus the >papers in connection with his wife asking for pension >following his death.......Don Houk in Tokyo > >> ---------- >> From: abijohn@innet.com[SMTP:abijohn@innet.com] >> Sent: Thursday, March 04, 1999 12:05 PM >> To: ANDERSONVILLE-L@rootsweb.com >> Subject: List >> >> Hello to you, I have just begun on this list so I am listening until I >> understand how everything works. When speaking to a relative of mine I >> found out that my great grandfather was at Andersonville. His name >> was Dr. Seth Bowker. How do I go about finding out about him? Thanks, >> Abby >> >> >> >> > >

Bryce, I tried to E-mail you at your return address, and got a return with mailbox unknown. Just wanted to say a thanks to your info. Everyone Thanks once again too. This is the nicest group! Myrna Singer Casey ____________________________________________________________________________ __

Hi everyone, today was my first try on your Andersonville site, and I just want to let everyone know how much help I have already received from your generosity. I haven't found my SINGER yet, but the advice on how to use this site, and search for him has been very appreciated. I have contacted the individuals, but wanted to let the site know that there are many wonderful people here to help. Thanks so much. Myrna Singer Casey ____________________________________________________________________________ __

Hi again, I didn't get a return on my last mail, so here goes, I'm looking for a JERRY SINGER who was from Ohio, the Ashland area, and was in the Civil War, and a prisoner at Andersonville. He was traded for a Southern prisoner and sent on the ship Sultana, which sank on the Mississippi, in Aug of 1965. He was supposed to be lost at this time. I checked out the URL site recommended earlier, and found another Singer from Ohio, but not by this name. Do any of you think that the National Archives would have him listed with his full name, and any names of parents? I don't believe he was married. Thank you, Myrna Singer Casey ____________________________________________________________________________ __

Hi, I'm new to the list, as of this morning, and my first request was sent back. I'm not sure why, I read the explanation, and I guess I'm not supposed to add my signature, but viewing others on the batch mail, they had a signature. Am I supposed to draw a line like this at the bottom_______________? Myrna ____________________________________________________________________________ ____

Could someone tell me what basic equipment and clothing was issued to a Union infantryman? Or where I might find that information? Judy Clark-Wick JWick@compuserve.com Researching the Descendants of: John & Rebecca Clark of Rockbridge Co.VA c.1779-1831 1.Robert Clark & Phebe Beach of Rockbridge Co.VA c.1779-1836 2.Samuel Clark and Ann Reynolds of Rockbridge Co.VA & Greene Co.OH c.1809-1876 3.John M. Clark and Jennie Emma Howard of Greene Co., Rockbridge, IL c.1844-1905

Hi Abby-----If you haven't already done so, you should write the National Archives & Records Administration, 7th and Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Wash., DC 20408 & request a Form 80.....After receiving that blank form, you must fill in name & all vital data you know about your Civil War ancestor, then return it to Archives. If he was indeed a prisoner in Andersonville, there will surely be a record in the Archives & they will forward copies at cost of $10, or no charge if nothing found. I followed these instructions upon learning that my great-grandfather had been in Andersonville & was delighted with the amount of data I obtained plus the papers in connection with his wife asking for pension following his death.......Don Houk in Tokyo > ---------- > From: abijohn@innet.com[SMTP:abijohn@innet.com] > Sent: Thursday, March 04, 1999 12:05 PM > To: ANDERSONVILLE-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: List > > Hello to you, I have just begun on this list so I am listening until I > understand how everything works. When speaking to a relative of mine I > found out that my great grandfather was at Andersonville. His name > was Dr. Seth Bowker. How do I go about finding out about him? Thanks, > Abby > > > >

Abby, In order to get into the Andersonville Park database all you have to do is click on this URL: <http://www.corinthian.net/mccc/aville.html> while you are online. Go as far down as you can on the homepage, and you will find two other URLs. One is for prisoner 'lookups' by name; the other is for 'lookups' by company & regiment. You will find a Charles S. Bowker from Vermont. Hope that's your g-grandfather. Paul