Jayne The time period that you are talking about is probably 1864 middle to late spring or summer when there was a lot of patrol activity by Union forces from Pine Bluff into the areas along the Saline River towards Princeton and Tulip. Especially after Jenkins Ferry, Mt Elba, Marks Mill, etc. that spring. The fact is that there were several other familys from the White Oak Bluff, Staves, "Y" community area such as the Rankins, Bells, and other that were in the Union Army. The mistake is in assuming that they were in the Army "Volunteerary". It was the policy of the invading Union army to give "Able-bodied" southern men that they ran across, their choice Joining up of go to prison as Southern simpithizers or ex Confederate Soldier. Most able bodied men in the area when a patrol came through usually ran for cover into the woods. Yours may have been surprised or just not so fast of foot. A lot of men joined up with the idea that they could desert later if they got the chance and that union army life was certainly no worst than Prison. Jayne Spears wrote: > Has anyone heard of Boshnie in Cleveland County? I just received a listing > of the 28th Wisconsin Regiment, Company "F" and it has three men listed as > being from Boshnie. Being related to all three, I know they were from White > Oak, Staves, The "Y" or whatever you want to call that general area. > Interesting note: there were four Arkansans in the unit; three from > Boshnie: Robert B. Bell, Sidney O. Bell and Albert G. Jones; and one from > Pine Bluff, Gabriel Gray, colored cook. > Interesting question: WHY did these three (of my relatives!) fight with the > North? > Jayne > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/