Dear subscribers of the list, I'm doing my researches from Belgium (Europe) and I'm searching about Belgian Civil War soldiers. And there is a story about Belgians imprisoned in Andersonville. Those men enlisted in the 93rd Indiana Infantry : "During the Civil War, many Union soldiers were captured and held in a military prison at Andersonville, Georgia. In that lot were four men from Leopold in Perry County. They were: Henry Devilliz, Lambert Rogier, Isadore Naviaux and Xavier Rogier (all born in Belgium). Many men were ill and suffered from lack of water and food. Xavier Rogier became sick and died in his brother's arms. His brother held him for a long time, because it was so crowded and he dreaded to lay him down. They prayed together and decided to provide the money to procure a statue of Our Lady of Consolation if they were spared and able to return home to Leopold safely. This they were able to do and they entrusted Bishop John George to go to Luxembourg along with Henry Devillez and a son to get the statue. The original such statue is in Luxembourg and has quite a long history dating back to 1666. I once asked my grandmother, Mary Meunier Grave, why Mr. George did so many things for people. She explained that he knew his way around better than most, and could speak two or three languages. So he was picked as an emissary for the people many times. To go back to our story, these men made the trip to Luxembourg and returned with the statue. It was placed upon the side altar where it now stands." ... and this story is well know in Perry County, Indiana, and all the people of Leopold know it. But the problem is: the soldiers in 'story' are not the same as in 'history', as far as I known. I have checked the pension file of the Belgian soldiers of the 93rd Indiana and, for me, the prisoners of comp. G, 93 rd Indiana captured at Brice's Cross Roads (Guntown) Miss. and put in Andersonville were : Henri DEVILLEZ Ed. ( Eugene ) DEVILLEZ Frederick MEUNIER Narcisse MEUNIER (1st Lt. ) with them, another member of the same company, but not a Belgian : John MARK no trace of the others : Lambert Rogier, Xavier Rogier and Isadore Naviaux. For Lambert ROGIER, no problem,he was not in Andersonville, being at Chattanooga in fall 1864. But for Isadore NAVIAUX, it's not so simple. The only argument I have is : he not says in is pension records that he was in Andersonville ! ... and I have no Xavier ROGIER in the roosters of the 93rd Indiana ( only !!! a Lambert ROGIER 'present till June 1864, since not born on any other rolls, records are incomplete' and a Melchior ROGIER dead in Memphis, Tenn. in 1863 ). So my query : can you copy or send me the entries to Andersonville, following the battle of Brice's Cross Road in June 1864 or a list of the soldiers of the 93rd Indiana "admitted" in Andersonville. ( I don't know how those lists were written). Sincerely, Guy Gallez