Hi Cherlynn, Just wanted to tell you that enlisted prisoners were sent to Belle Isle prison in Richmond, Va. and the officers were sent to Libby prison. Belle Isle was an island in the middle of the James River. From Belle Isle they were transferred to Andersonville, Ga. My wife's g-g-g-uncle was in the 9th Illinois Infantry, Co. I so I thought I might look up you g-g-grandfather. If you go to: http://www.sos.state.il.us/cgi-bin/civilwar?M++7+CAV you will see a: "BLATTER, RANDOLPH M 7 CAV RED BUD" listed. Notice the first name as different from what you have, "Rudolph" -- don't no why the discrepancy here. If you would like the civil war records from the state of Illinois, contact them at: ILLINOIS STATE ARCHIVES Norton Building Springfield, IL 62756 I requested all of the records on three of my wife's family from them and they sent me a HUGE packet with all of their records and only charged me $3.00 total! I'm assuming your g-g-grandfather lived through Andersonville and was paroled at either Savannah, Georgia or Charleston, S.C. If he were paroled at Charleston, S.C. there is an excellent web site that you should see; "The Friends of Florence Stockade" Go to: http://members.aol.com/qmsgtboots/florence.html If there is anything else I can help you with, please let me know. Ron Smith Spokane, Wa. ANDERSONVILLE-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > > Subject: > > ANDERSONVILLE-D Digest Volume 99 : Issue 49 > > Today's Topics: > #1 Re: ANDERSONVILLE-D Digest V99 #47 [Ron Smith <rsmith0127@uswest.net>] > #2 Co K/M, 7th Illinois Cavalry ["Cherlynn B Thomas" <thomas_cherly] > > 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 #47 > Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1999 07:21:15 -0800 > From: Ron Smith <rsmith0127@uswest.net> > To: ANDERSONVILLE-L@rootsweb.com > > Try entering: frye@gnat.net > You forgot the "e" after "fry" > ANDERSONVILLE-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > > > > Subject: > > > > ANDERSONVILLE-D Digest Volume 99 : Issue 47 > > > > Today's Topics: > > #1 andersonville look-ups [Acker7576@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: andersonville look-ups > > Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 22:36:15 EST > > From: Acker7576@aol.com > > To: ANDERSONVILLE-L@rootsweb.com > > > > help! new at this. replied to offer for look-upby kevin fry@gnat.net.from > > andersonville -l@rootsweb.com. mon.22 mar 1999 22:57:16 sent to kevin fry at > > e-mail address.reply came back, had permanent fatal errors; user unknown.what > > have i done wrong? newbie at this, please advise! > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Co K/M, 7th Illinois Cavalry > Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1999 10:27:13 -0500 > From: "Cherlynn B Thomas" <thomas_cherlynn@jpmorgan.com> > To: ANDERSONVILLE-L@rootsweb.com > > On October 11, 1863, the 7th Illinois Cavalry was guarding Colliersville, > TN, which was an important rail junction about 25 miles east of Memphis > when they were attacked by Chalmer?s Confederate Cavalry. A lieutenant was > killed and about 15 men were captured. One of the captured was Pvt. > Rudolph Blatter, my gg grandfather, from company M. > > Pvt. Blatter was transported to Libby Prison, which was a converted > warehouse in Richmond, VA. Libby prison was set up by the Confederacy as a > temporary holding center for enlisted prisoners until a more widespread > system of prisoner exchanges could be instituted. Recognizing a need for > permanent holding facilities away from the war zone where liberation might > be possible, the Confederacy constructed the Andersonville prison during > the winter of 1864. The first prisoners transferred to Andersonville came > from Libby prison, and the official war records show that Pvt. Blatter > arrived on March 14, 1864. > > Cherlynn Thomas