--WebTV-Mail-1165153124-13793 Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Sue, you come in loud and clear. I would love to read the written pamphlet by Thomas M. Way. He was captured at Chichamauga GA on 9/19/1863. He jioin the C. S. A. 1/23/1865. Yes, he was a prisoner at Andersonvile for eighteen months. I thnk he took an easy way out. His fellow Union friends were dying. He had no choice. It was mainly to survive.Wheather he was lying or telling the truth. It's dones't make any different. My William Garton died at Andersonville on Oct. 10 1864.Did he have a choice? I do not know. Jim James R. Searight 1059 W. Highland Ave. Elgin, Il. 60123 --WebTV-Mail-1165153124-13793 Content-Disposition: Inline Content-Type: Message/RFC822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Received: from mailsorter-104.bryant.webtv.net (209.240.198.94) by postoffice-162.iap.bryant.webtv.net; Sun, 4 Apr 1999 11:45:26 -0700 (PDT) Return-Path: <sue.peterson@mindspring.com> Received: from smtp5.mindspring.com (smtp5.mindspring.com [207.69.200.82]) by mailsorter-104.bryant.webtv.net (8.8.8/ms.graham.14Aug97) with ESMTP id LAA05470; Sun, 4 Apr 1999 11:45:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: from hl5y0 (pool-209-138-15-194.ipls.grid.net [209.138.15.194]) by smtp5.mindspring.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id KAA08920; Sun, 4 Apr 1999 10:44:59 -0400 (EDT) Reply-To: <sue.peterson@mindspring.com> From: "Sue Peterson" <sue.peterson@mindspring.com> To: "'James Searight'" <JRSEARIGHT@webtv.net> Cc: <ANDERSONVILLE-L@rootsweb.com> Subject: RE: Record look-ups Date: Sun, 4 Apr 1999 10:48:38 -0400 Message-ID: <002101be7eaa$425ec600$c20f8ad1@hl5y0> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 8.5, Build 4.71.2173.0 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: <1211-37077501-2552@mailtod-162.iap.bryant.webtv.net> Yes, I have that information, which indicates he joined the CSA, but his written pamphlet tells a different story. I also have his muster records, which indicate he was mustered out of the service by the North. The entire title of his pamphlet is: In the Jaws of Death, or Eighteen Months a Prisoner of War in Southern Prisons, Giving a synopsis of the Treatment of Prisoners of War during the Rebellion, by the Rebel Authorities in Andersonville, Belle Island, Liby and other Prisons, together with attempts to escape and how they were accomplished. by Thomas N. Way, Formerly a Member of the 1st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. SALEM, OHIO: JOURNAL STREAM PRINT, 1872 A sad story in the book about a boy from Alabama who was in an infirmary with Thomas. When the doctor came in and asked were he was from and found out he was a southern boy fighting on the northern side, the doctor told him he'd kill him in 3 days. The next day the poor boy was dead. It's interesting reading. Sue -----Original Message----- From: James Searight [SMTP:JRSEARIGHT@webtv.net] Sent: Sunday, April 04, 1999 10:20 AM To: sue.peterson@mindspring.com Cc: ANDERSONVILLE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: Record look-ups Sue, there are two rcords of Thomas M. Way at Andersonville.Code No.: 61615 and CodeNo, 43467. Under remarks " More Information D 43467". Did you write to them on this ? More information is available at National Park Service Andersonville National Historic Site Route 1, Box 800 Andersonville, GA 31711 James R. Searight 1059 W. Highland Ave. Elgin, Il. 60123 << Message: RE: Record look-ups (2.77 KB) >> --WebTV-Mail-1165153124-13793--