I think your Charles Buck is really interesting. I wanted to follow up on him this time because earlier I had read on one of the boards about a northern Buck who went to Virginia and couldn't get back during the War. That earlier posting may have been yours. I live in McKinney, Texas, just north of Dallas. My Bucks came to Texas in the 1880s from Montgomery Co TN---and before that they were in Virginia---Louisa, Albemarle & Culpeper Cos. And many of this Buck line remained in Virginia and Tennessee. I found your Charles Buck as a confectioner in the 1870 census in Lynchburg. So interesting. It says the value of his personal estate is $6000. Lots of money for the time, and especially right after the War in Virginia when there had been so many business setbacks. He must have been a remarkable businessman. You've got good genes! I wonder if this Civil War record on Ancestry is your Charles C. Buck???? His age is right and he was discharged at Lynchburg. Name: Charles C Buck Occupation: Laborer Enlistment Date: 17 May 1861 Distinguished Service: DISTINGUISHED SERVICE Side Served: Confederacy State Served: Virginia Unit Numbers: 795 795 Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 17 May 1861 at the age of 31 Enlisted in Company A, 37th Infantry Regiment Virginia on 17 May 1861. Absent, sick on 15 August 1861 at Monterey, VA (Estimated day) Hospitalized on 15 January 1862 at Staunton, VA Returned on 15 February 1862 Hospitalized on 15 March 1862 at Lynchburg, VA Returned on 15 December 1862 Received a disability discharge Company A, 37th Infantry Regiment Virginia on 12 February 1863 in Lynchburg, VA