--WebTV-Mail-1197446883-3437 Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit I found under "usgenweb.org", West Virginia, Civil War, query 1999. Someone ask the same question that you are asking. If you have any problem finding it. Check with me on my E-mail address. jim James R. Searight 1059 W. Highland Ave. Elgin, Il. 60123 --WebTV-Mail-1197446883-3437 Content-Disposition: Inline Content-Type: Message/RFC822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Received: from mailsorter-101-2.bryant.webtv.net (209.240.198.96) by postoffice-161.iap.bryant.webtv.net; Wed, 7 Apr 1999 12:32:05 -0700 (PDT) Return-Path: <ANDERSONVILLE-L-request@rootsweb.com> Received: from bl-11.rootsweb.com (bl-11.rootsweb.com [204.212.38.27]) by mailsorter-101-2.bryant.webtv.net (8.8.8/ms.graham.14Aug97) with ESMTP id MAA09332; Wed, 7 Apr 1999 12:32:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from slist@localhost) by bl-11.rootsweb.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id MAA18979; Wed, 7 Apr 1999 12:21:50 -0700 (PDT) Resent-Date: Wed, 7 Apr 1999 12:21:50 -0700 (PDT) Reply-To: <sue.peterson@mindspring.com> From: "Sue Peterson" <sue.peterson@mindspring.com> Old-To: "'Thomas F. Shultz & Merry Anne Pierson'" <tfsengnr@worldnet.att.net>, <ANDERSONVILLE-L@rootsweb.com> Subject: RE: William Henry Pierson/Pearson Date: Wed, 7 Apr 1999 15:31:03 -0400 Message-ID: <000a01be812d$535148e0$e6078ad1@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 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: <370B4DBB.C4062D09@worldnet.att.net> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 Resent-Message-ID: <"YfoQt.A.QoE.NB7C3"@bl-11.rootsweb.com> Resent-From: ANDERSONVILLE-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <ANDERSONVILLE-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/405 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 According to Andersonville records, my gg uncle Thomas N. Way joined the CCS to escape from Andersonville, but a 19-page pamphlet he wrote tells a different story about how he escaped. He later died at the Battle of the Little Big Horn; and although his wife and father applied for his pension, nothing in the records, according to my aunt, indicates that the pension was ever awarded. May have been for the same reason? -----Original Message----- From: Thomas F. Shultz & Merry Anne Pierson [SMTP:tfsengnr@worldnet.att.net] Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 1999 8:21 AM To: ANDERSONVILLE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: William Henry Pierson/Pearson My great uncle William Henry Pierson/Pearson was captured at Cedar Creek and eventually ended up in Andersonville prison. I am new to this list and don't know if its appropriate to ask questions yet. So if I'm out of line asking, just let me know. William Henry was denied a pension because the war department stated that he had signed up from Andersonville with the rebel army to get out of jail. Several depositions in his pension file state that he was never out of sight of his comrades and commanding officers who were also captured. But the government continued to deny his pension and he died a pauper in 1905. Is there information available about persons who were captives that might help clear up this question? Merry Anne Pierson tfsengnr@worldnet.att.net --WebTV-Mail-1197446883-3437--