Janet I got a message that there was a problem with mail being accepted, too; so, I guess the server is having problems--again. They just moved to a different company, but I can't see that it's any better than before. I waited a couple of hours and then my mail went out. Please try again, maybe it's better today. I really should ditch the dial-up company, but now my Gateway address is on about 150 pages on Barrett Branches; too much trouble. Karen\ On Saturday, April 17, 2004, at 12:00 PM, BARRETT-REUBEN-SC-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > Karen, > I sent you two e-mails to your gateway address and they both came back > last > night??? > Jan

Janet-- Do you have the regimental history from Broadfoot? The Confederate Research Center at Hillsboro has copied the histories from Broadfoot, also from another unpublished author, and they have a vertical file on each Texas regiment. I'll check the next time I go. I don't know when it will be, maybe a month or two. The problem is--if the muster rolls (which are headed up with the place of muster and date) were lost on the battlefield, they are gone forever. Also, some Confederate regiments burned theirs to keep them from falling into Yankee hands, right, Gerry? Some Texas regiments have never had a history written, more than you would guess. I am working on the 24th, not to do a published history, but just so I will be able to understand what happened. I think I already have collected more material than anyone ever has. Someone has to take an interest in a regiment, and very few are interested in the lesser-known regiments. If the men weren't "heroes" in some big battle, the world forgets about them. Sad, but true. I'm sure Steven has added immeasurably to the history of his Mississippi regiment. Kudos, Steve! Karen On Saturday, April 17, 2004, at 12:00 PM, BARRETT-REUBEN-SC-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > I have tried to find out the pattern that the regiment moved during > the War > so I can pin point it thru history and documentation that he was in > fact there, > but I can't find anything. I know he was there but I can't prove it > basically.

I goofed when I sent my new e-mail address please correct to read: jl.wright@sbcglobal.net. Thank you Yours in Christ Jack

Janet, the larger text is a big help to my tired old eyes. Thanks. Karen, even my Dell saw the back ground! Did you receive the e-mail I sent you on 3/29? Jim Barrett Bedford, TX parino@flash.net Barrett Surname DNA Project Powell Surname DNA Project -----Original Message----- From: Karen Hett [mailto:kmchett@thegateway.net] Sent: Friday, April 16, 2004 3:33 PM To: BARRETT-REUBEN-SC-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [Barrett-Reuben-SC] Military page Janet--You little stink! Lurking in our postings, eh? Well, I think it's fine; perhaps it will help someone in the future. The military page is a great idea! Does it have a background, or is it my Apple computer playing tricks on me? I see it completely without background or clip art, and I have a feeling you loaded it up with same. Karen On Friday, April 16, 2004, at 09:00 AM, BARRETT-REUBEN-SC-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > I have worked on the Military page of the website all day. Please > check it > out. I also included the text for getting a military marker as per > Steven and > Karen ==== BARRETT-REUBEN-SC Mailing List ==== If you wish to unsubscribe from this list, send only the word UNSUBSCRIBE to TXMADISO-L-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM or TXMADISO-D-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM if you are on the Digest list. ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237

Karen, Yes the military page has the grey soldiers background and the swords between each link. They are gif, I don't know why your not seeing them??? i know you can't see .art graphics. Hugs, Janet ps. How did the girls like Easter? Did you get to be with them Sunday?

Karen, I sent you two e-mails to your gateway address and they both came back last night??? Jan

Karen, I agree about Steven and how helpful he has been. If anyone missed it, I have put it on the website on the military page. I have been doing some research on CO G 7th Regiment Texas Mounted Volunteers but I can't find anything!! I do know that Steven died in a "Peach Orchard and I have found the location in DeSoto Parish in LA, unfortunately BFI is digging a landfill right where my ggggrandfather (and others) was supposed to be buried and there is nothing I can do about it. It is so frustrating. I just wish I could get them to move their bones, but I know if I start a ruckus then they will shut me out altogether. I don't have proof only oral history passed down thru the years that he was buried there. I have tried to find out the pattern that the regiment moved during the War so I can pin point it thru history and documentation that he was in fact there, but I can't find anything. I know he was there but I can't prove it basically. Steven Barrett died of typhoid fever DEC 8, 1863, I wish I could find a hospital record in an attic or just anything that proved he was there and the man in Mansfield said we could make them stop digging. We have looked for other descendants who had men die and buried in the same "peach orchard" but no one else can "prove" it either. I would love to have him moved to his family cemetery (not that I would ever be able to identify him). At least I can get him a marker for Burroughs and put it next to his parents and family. Hugs, Janet

Janet--You little stink! Lurking in our postings, eh? Well, I think it's fine; perhaps it will help someone in the future. The military page is a great idea! Does it have a background, or is it my Apple computer playing tricks on me? I see it completely without background or clip art, and I have a feeling you loaded it up with same. Karen On Friday, April 16, 2004, at 09:00 AM, BARRETT-REUBEN-SC-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > I have worked on the Military page of the website all day. Please > check it > out. I also included the text for getting a military marker as per > Steven and > Karen

Deb--Sorry about your Uncle Bill. He was, of course, my dad's second cousin and just 4 years younger. This generation is passing quickly, and we must be interviewing them and telling their stories. Thank goodness, my dad left his memoirs; I am going to start typing them, soon, and will illustrate them with photos of his life. They came up through the hard times, and their lives are a testimonial to their resilience and fortitude. Karen On Friday, April 16, 2004, at 09:00 AM, BARRETT-REUBEN-SC-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > I am sure many probably do not know this person, but my Uncle William > Ernest Barrett born 6/27/1918 in the Jenkins Community of Montegomery > County,Texas passed away yesterday .

Steven-- This is a wonderful story, and it proves that there are sources "out there" that are still waiting to be discovered. Maybe for people like Janet, whose Steven Barrett's death is not recorded in the official muster lists, there is still hope. Thank you for the explanation of exactly what it is that you are doing. I think it's a really admirable project! Just a comment about the diarrhea deaths: from what I've read and from what I see in the records of the 24th Texas Cavalry, more than half the deaths during the Civil War were caused by disease rather than by battle wounds. Diarrhea was the most common killer, but the men also suffered through epidemics of measles, small pox, and typhoid. The conditions in the prison camps were bad, but the conditions in the men's own camps were not much better. Some camps were worse than others, and those in the bottom lands near rivers also had malaria ("jaundice") to contend with. It was nearly impossible to get a medical leave, at least for the men of the 24th. I only found one who was able to get transferred back to Texas because of his medical problems, where he served the rest of the war in the Trans-Mississippi Department. He was an officer, which probably helped him get a transfer. For you Texans, I found a set of books in the Confederate Research Center that was very helpful. It is called Their Last Full Measure: Texas Confederate Casualty Lists. There are three volumes. The author, L. L. Kight (not Knight), went through the microfilms of old newspapers and extracted the casualty lists from the War. He used Texas newspapers, as well as newspapers from other states. I didn't think about looking for Steven Barrett, sorry, Janet. I was searching for my 24th Cavalry men. I did find some reports of wounds, to supplement what I already knew. I'm sure this set of books must be available in major libraries. When I started this project, I knew absolutely nothing. I want to publicly thank Steve and Gerry, who gave me (a complete novice) much support and sent me to the Civil War message boards and other helpful web sites (and Steven even posted my first query for me). And, of course, Janet, who babied me through the technical aspects of getting my stories online, created my directories, downloaded clip art, and did much of the ground work before she cut me loose. Thanks again for your story, Steven, it's an inspiration. Karen On Wednesday, April 14, 2004, at 08:00 PM, BARRETT-REUBEN-SC-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > This pointed them > to the hospital, now a church, in Leesburg, VA where they found the > actual > records still stored in the attic! > > Dr. Mott's records indicated that my James John Mitchell died the > evening of > November 11, 1861 of chronic diarrhea, a common ailment during those > war > time years due to the unsanitary conditions of their camps.

Thank you Janet. Yes Uncle Dabb spoke of your dad the last time we were over there. He said " I can't rightly say but I think we are third cousins. I told him ,,close enough. Take Care Deb ----- Original Message ----- From: <CHenry8604@aol.com> To: <BARRETT-REUBEN-SC-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2004 12:05 PM Subject: Re: [Barrett-Reuben-SC] William Ernest Barrett > Deb, > Sorry to hear about Bill Barrett. I have known about him all my life as my > Father is also Bill Barrett and we lived in the same area. They were always > getting the two confused, and people would always think your Bill was my father > when I told them my Dad's name. But he was also a friend of my fathers. I will > call Dad and let him know. > My condolences to his family. > Janet > > > ==== BARRETT-REUBEN-SC Mailing List ==== > Barrett Surname DNA Project > http://www.flash.net/~parino/barrett-family-dna-project.htm > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >

Thank you Marilyn, I also hope you and family are dealing with your loss. It is never easy loosing a loved one but we can rest assured they have gone to a better place. Uncle Dabb was in a lot of pain but only briefly so that is a blessing. Love Deb ----- Original Message ----- From: "Keith & Marilyn Dowdy" <k.dowdy@mchsi.com> To: <BARRETT-REUBEN-SC-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2004 10:42 AM Subject: Re: [Barrett-Reuben-SC] William Ernest Barrett > Deb, > > My prayers are with you and your family. God bless you. > > Marilyn Dowdy > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Debbie Biggs" <ewebiggs.deb@verizon.net> > To: <BARRETT-REUBEN-SC-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2004 10:01 AM > Subject: [Barrett-Reuben-SC] William Ernest Barrett > > > > I am sure many probably do not know this person, but my Uncle William > Ernest Barrett born 6/27/1918 in the Jenkins Community of Montegomery > County,Texas passed away yesterday . He was a deputy sherriff, sheriff and > constable in Polk County,Livingston,Texas after the war. He retired to his > homestead in Leggett at age 70. He was quite a Hoot and will be missed . > > > > Take care > > Deb > > > > > > ==== BARRETT-REUBEN-SC Mailing List ==== > > Reuben Barrett Family Website > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~barrettbranches > > Look For your Reuben Barrett Ancestor Page Here > > > > ============================== > > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > > > ==== BARRETT-REUBEN-SC Mailing List ==== > If you wish to unsubscribe from this list, > send only the word UNSUBSCRIBE to > TXMADISO-L-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM or > TXMADISO-D-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM > if you are on the Digest list. > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >

Hello All, I have worked on the Military page of the website all day. Please check it out. I also included the text for getting a military marker as per Steven and Karen. I made it in big text so hopefully it will be easier for people to read. Let me know those of you who have written to me and said you couldn't see the text on the pages well enough. As with all the pages on the website this is a page in construction and I am still adding to it as time permits. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~barrettbranches/military.html Hugs, Janet

Deb, Sorry to hear about Bill Barrett. I have known about him all my life as my Father is also Bill Barrett and we lived in the same area. They were always getting the two confused, and people would always think your Bill was my father when I told them my Dad's name. But he was also a friend of my fathers. I will call Dad and let him know. My condolences to his family. Janet

Steven, I loved reading this!!!! It brought tears to my eyes. What a wonderful reasearch story, and all those wonderful people who helped you. WOW! Hugs, Janet

Deb, My prayers are with you and your family. God bless you. Marilyn Dowdy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Debbie Biggs" <ewebiggs.deb@verizon.net> To: <BARRETT-REUBEN-SC-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2004 10:01 AM Subject: [Barrett-Reuben-SC] William Ernest Barrett > I am sure many probably do not know this person, but my Uncle William Ernest Barrett born 6/27/1918 in the Jenkins Community of Montegomery County,Texas passed away yesterday . He was a deputy sherriff, sheriff and constable in Polk County,Livingston,Texas after the war. He retired to his homestead in Leggett at age 70. He was quite a Hoot and will be missed . > > Take care > Deb > > > ==== BARRETT-REUBEN-SC Mailing List ==== > Reuben Barrett Family Website > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~barrettbranches > Look For your Reuben Barrett Ancestor Page Here > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >

I am sure many probably do not know this person, but my Uncle William Ernest Barrett born 6/27/1918 in the Jenkins Community of Montegomery County,Texas passed away yesterday . He was a deputy sherriff, sheriff and constable in Polk County,Livingston,Texas after the war. He retired to his homestead in Leggett at age 70. He was quite a Hoot and will be missed . Take care Deb

There was a Barrett reunion this evening at Catfish Sam's in Arlington, TX. There weren't many there but Jan and I had a very nice visit with Jack Wright. Other locals were invited, but by the time we got the details work out they had other plans. We'll try to do a better job on planning next time. Jack, we enjoyed meeting you and sharing information. We won't tell Karen how many times her name came up! Jim Barrett Bedford, TX parino@flash.net <http://www.flash.net/~parino/barrett-family-dna-project.htm> Barrett Surname DNA Project <http://www.flash.net/~parino/powell-surname-dna-project.htm> Powell Surname DNA Project

Karen, Ok, I'll try to keep it brief....... My search for James John started over 13 years ago but went nowhere until I started working under the counsel of Gerry back in January 2003. The only bit of information we had was that he died in 1861, somewhere. Our only thoughts was to trace the steps of the 21st MS Infantry after they left Corinth. I had taken our research up to the fine folks on the MS Civil War Message Board who sent me over to Virginia's CWMB. One knowledgeable fellow suggested I try Balch Library's treasure-trove of Civil War data. Balch Library, I learned, has an on-line listing of fallen CSA soldiers and to my stunning disbelief I found what certainly appeared to be my soldier buried in Union Cemetery in Leesburg, VA. With verification being the basis of all of our research, I needed to determine the validity and source of their information. The gracious librarian at Balch informed me, regrettably, that the source of their information was now deceased and they had no immediate way to help us out. But, they referred us to two authors that had written a book on the Union Cemetery and perhaps they could be of help. We contacted the authors of 'No Sound Can Awake Them To Glory Again' and found that what started out as an historical piece on the cemetery turned in to a work of love. Their research at NARA led them to the official " Report of Sick and Wounded" submitted for November 1861 by Dr, Armistead R. Mott to the Surgeon General's Office, Confederate States Army, Richmond, VA. Dr. Mott was a civilian Leesburg physician (later Chief Surgeon on the staff of Major Generals Daniel Harvey Hill and Robert Rodes with the rank of major) who served as Chief Surgeon of the 7th Brigade Hospital. This pointed them to the hospital, now a church, in Leesburg, VA where they found the actual records still stored in the attic! Dr. Mott's records indicated that my James John Mitchell died the evening of November 11, 1861 of chronic diarrhea, a common ailment during those war time years due to the unsanitary conditions of their camps. A historical account of the original cemetery found the original citizens of Leesburg giving their plots to the fallen soldiers of the first battles of the War Between the States. Over 200 soldiers from Mississippi, as well as many others from other neighboring States rest in unmarked graves here at Union Cemetery. The authors of 'No Sound' meticulously documented the soldiers of Dr. Mott's records with help from their compiled service records at NARA. I, of course, have purchased this book from the authors. With a desire to seal the research, we contacted the Superintendent of the cemetery and he was able to verify from his records that James John was indeed interred in this cemetery. This fine young man even provided us with digital pictures of the mass grave, as well as an etching of the Southern Cross of Honor marking the grave. Without the assistance of all these wonderful folks, we would have never been able to find our soldier. The authors of 'No Sound' have asked that they be kept up to date in our efforts to have the mass grave marked with the appropriate 131 individual CSA tombstones. The day will come when we have our dedication ceremony and we will most certainly have the authors and all involved on the dais. It will be a great day! R/Steven ........................................... S T E V E N M I T C H E L L -----Original Message----- From: Karen Hett [mailto:kmchett@thegateway.net] Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2004 11:39 PM To: BARRETT-REUBEN-SC-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [Barrett-Reuben-SC] Steven's good explanations Steve--this is all so very interesting! Thanks for answering the questions, and for shedding more light on exactly what it is you are doing. So, am I to understand that all of the men you are marking are in one cemetery? Please explain to us how the gentlemen were able to identify these guys as having died and been buried here. Did they find hospital records, or other types of records? How, specifically, did they identify James John as being in that mass grave? I think something we all fail to realize is that there are a lot of Civil War records that have never seen the light of day; they are not accessible to anyone who doesn't go to where they are and read through them page by page. I discovered that one of the CSA surgeons who was in charge of an Atlanta hospital where one of my men died left papers and records from the hospital that are now, somehow, in the LBJ History Center in Austin! I plan to have a look at them eventually, and see if I can find out anything about my Cavalrymen. By the way, the Confederate Research Center at Hillsboro has a burial project; they have about 18,000 soldiers' names in their data base now (in a card file, not on computer). You might consider submitting your names for their project--they want names, dates, state of service regiment name and number, death date and burial place. I'm sure it will eventually be computerized, but it will take a change of personnel there, probably. There was a couple who were researching the names when I was there last time, they're working on a book of CSA officers buried in Texas. Thanks again, Steve, for giving us guidance on honoring our military ancestors by marking their final resting places! Karen On Tuesday, April 13, 2004, at 02:00 PM, BARRETT-REUBEN-SC-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > My gggrandfather and two of his brothers served in the 21st MS > Infantry, > Co., G. My gggrandfather and one brother survived the War of Northern > Aggression, but the youngest, 17-year old James John Mitchell died > shortly > after enlistment in June 1861. Any knowledge of his demise and burial > location was unknown to the family for the last 142 years until > recently. > The three brothers marched to Manassas, VA to join up with Lee's > Northern > Virginia Army. James John was ordered to picket duty at Sinclair's > Ford and > Black Ford on the Occoquan River until he developed camp fever and > died at > the General Hospital at Leesburg during the night of November 11, > 1861. His > body was placed in a mass grave in Union Cemetery, Leesburg, VA ==== BARRETT-REUBEN-SC Mailing List ==== Please tell your Barrett Relatives online about our list....we would all love to meet more cousins!!! ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. 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Steve--this is all so very interesting! Thanks for answering the questions, and for shedding more light on exactly what it is you are doing. So, am I to understand that all of the men you are marking are in one cemetery? Please explain to us how the gentlemen were able to identify these guys as having died and been buried here. Did they find hospital records, or other types of records? How, specifically, did they identify James John as being in that mass grave? I think something we all fail to realize is that there are a lot of Civil War records that have never seen the light of day; they are not accessible to anyone who doesn't go to where they are and read through them page by page. I discovered that one of the CSA surgeons who was in charge of an Atlanta hospital where one of my men died left papers and records from the hospital that are now, somehow, in the LBJ History Center in Austin! I plan to have a look at them eventually, and see if I can find out anything about my Cavalrymen. By the way, the Confederate Research Center at Hillsboro has a burial project; they have about 18,000 soldiers' names in their data base now (in a card file, not on computer). You might consider submitting your names for their project--they want names, dates, state of service regiment name and number, death date and burial place. I'm sure it will eventually be computerized, but it will take a change of personnel there, probably. There was a couple who were researching the names when I was there last time, they're working on a book of CSA officers buried in Texas. Thanks again, Steve, for giving us guidance on honoring our military ancestors by marking their final resting places! Karen On Tuesday, April 13, 2004, at 02:00 PM, BARRETT-REUBEN-SC-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > My gggrandfather and two of his brothers served in the 21st MS > Infantry, > Co., G. My gggrandfather and one brother survived the War of Northern > Aggression, but the youngest, 17-year old James John Mitchell died > shortly > after enlistment in June 1861. Any knowledge of his demise and burial > location was unknown to the family for the last 142 years until > recently. > The three brothers marched to Manassas, VA to join up with Lee's > Northern > Virginia Army. James John was ordered to picket duty at Sinclair's > Ford and > Black Ford on the Occoquan River until he developed camp fever and > died at > the General Hospital at Leesburg during the night of November 11, > 1861. His > body was placed in a mass grave in Union Cemetery, Leesburg, VA