This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/2V.2ADE/585.1 Message Board Post: I'm searching for info on my gggrandfather, Robert J. Thomas. He was probably b. ca. 1840. I don't know his birthplace, but he fought at the battle of Vicksburg in the Civil War. His son, James Robert Thomas, (my ggrandfather) lived in Al and Tn. & was b. 1863. Do you think your Robert Johnson Thomas could be my Robert J.???