Y'know, I neglected to mention Wilson's Creek - another battlefield that so far is mostly unspoiled and intact. Harper's Ferry is probably one of the most beautiful parks. Surrounded by mountains right at the confluence of the Potomac and Shenandoah, the view is stunning. Dennis

----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> > > Could it be that's because that's there's very, very little to see at > Chantilly. -------------------------------- Hi Mike, Well, things might be turning around for what is there, even if it's just a little and very late. http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/gmp/oxhillgmp.pdf http://www.civilwarnews.com/archive/articles/oxhill_chantilly_park.htm Since the rest is totally gone and can never be truly restored, I guess 5 acres is better than no acres. Dennis

In a message dated 5/1/2006 6:57:07 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, NPeters102 writes: In a message dated 4/28/2006 2:53:36 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: It's so bad, James Robertson did a tour guide of VA battlefields a few years ago and didn't even bother including Chantilly. Dennis: Could it be that's because that's there's very, very little to see at Chantilly. Sincerely, Mike Peters [email protected] Dennis: Forgive my reply! Have reread your post & now understand that's exactly what you were saying. Respectfully, Mike Peters [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected])

In a message dated 4/28/2006 2:53:36 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: It's so bad, James Robertson did a tour guide of VA battlefields a few years ago and didn't even bother including Chantilly. Dennis: Could it be that's because that's there's very, very little to see at Chantilly. Sincerely, Mike Peters [email protected]

What stuck in my memory from my first trip to Vicksburg, back in the early 1950's, was all the Monuments which tell the story of the Siege, lasting about 1 1/2 months...This was not a battle, but a culmination of many skirmishes which resulted in the deaths of above 18,000 Americans from Ohio, Tennessee, Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi, Louisiana, Georgia, Wisconsin, and other states...about 2/3 of these are unidentified...It left a lasting impression - "that this nation...shall not perish from the earth." The Restored USS Cairo is also very impressive... >From: [email protected] >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [CIVIL-WAR] Re: Shiloh's beauty Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2006 >18:51:01 EDT > > > > > > Can others on the list suggest a site as attractive and informative as > > Shiloh?? > > Ed Burke, Massachusetts > > > > >You won't find a more attractive battlefield, nor a more interesting one >than Pea Ridge National Military Park in NW Arkansas. Stepping into the >park is >like stepping back into 1862. And, no monuments. To often we place the >most emphasis on eastern battlefields, and too little emphasis on western >battlefields. Vicksburg is a very nice military park, but the monuments >are >overwhelming and distracting, in my humble opinion. > >Glenn Jones >Pea Ridge National Military Park Foundation >Life Member > > >==== CIVIL-WAR Mailing List ==== >To search our list archives since 1996, go to >http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl >and enter Civil-War in the list name >

What stuck in my memory from my first trip to Vicksburg, back in the early 1950's, was all the Monuments which tell the story of the Siege, lasting about 1 1/2 months...This was not a battle, but a culmination of many skirmishes which resulted in the deaths of above 18,000 Americans from Ohio, Tennessee, Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi, Louisiana, Georgia, Wisconsin, and other states...about 2/3 of these are unidentified...It left a lasting impression - "that this nation...shall not perish from the earth." The Restored USS Cairo is also very impressive... >From: [email protected] >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [CIVIL-WAR] Re: Shiloh's beauty Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2006 >18:51:01 EDT > > > > > > Can others on the list suggest a site as attractive and informative as > > Shiloh?? > > Ed Burke, Massachusetts > > > > >You won't find a more attractive battlefield, nor a more interesting one >than Pea Ridge National Military Park in NW Arkansas. Stepping into the >park is >like stepping back into 1862. And, no monuments. To often we place the >most emphasis on eastern battlefields, and too little emphasis on western >battlefields. Vicksburg is a very nice military park, but the monuments >are >overwhelming and distracting, in my humble opinion. > >Glenn Jones >Pea Ridge National Military Park Foundation >Life Member > > >==== CIVIL-WAR Mailing List ==== >To search our list archives since 1996, go to >http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl >and enter Civil-War in the list name >

Alice--Thanks for your information. Where would you suggest that I start looking among the many files? I have looked at microfilm of POWs at Rock Island, and some of the entries are all but illegible. Best regards, Ed Burke -----Original Message----- From: Alice J. Gayley <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Fri, 28 Apr 2006 13:47:48 -0500 Subject: Re: [CIVIL-WAR] Re: Info on exchanged POWs? Ed, Unless the governments of the Confederate states have any records, the only source is the National Archives. Specifically Record Group 249, Records of the Commissary General of Prisoners, Records Relating to Individual Federal Prisoners of War. I am currently working with Entry 107, Miscellaneous Rolls and Related Records of Federal Prisoners of War, 1861-1865. There are 1,001 files in this set. The type of records range from copies of orders directing detached service from officers to escort paroled prisoners from, on my case, Harrisburg, to specific parole camps in order to be exchanged to individual hand-written paroles signed by the prisoner and the officer issuing the parole. In some cases wounded prisoners were being transported; these records usually take the form of a manifest listing all prisoners, rank, regiment, and type of wound or illness signed by an attending surgeon. Hope this helps, [email protected] wrote: Can anyone suggest a source for names of exchanged POWs? I am specifically looking for lists of CSA soldiers as POWs who were exchanged for Federal POWs. I think my ancestor Jim Hendricks was captured in 1863 as a member of the 1st Tenn Cav, CSA. I think he went to Rock Island (maybe Camp Douglas) and was lucky to be exchanged in 1864. This info is not on his record from the national archives.Thanks for any info. Ed Burke, Massachusetts -- Alice J. Gayley Pennsylvania in the Civil War http://www.pa-roots.com/~pacw/ ==== CIVIL-WAR Mailing List ==== To unsubscribe from list mode, email [email protected] and in the text area of the message, type only the word unsubscribe

<<Don't know how the Richmond battlefields are doing - along with the Shenandoah battlefields, haven't visited there since '73.>> There is very little left of the Richmond battlefields - very sad. There is also very little left of the Middle Tenn battlefields - Nashville, Franklin, Spring Hill, Stones River. Shiloh is definitely one of the more pristine battlefields. I also like Antietam. Except for special events, you can still walk around parts and see very few people and there is not an overwhelming amount of monumentation. Paula

All thise "unknown" markers at Vicksburg kind of takes your breath away... >From: [email protected] >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: [CIVIL-WAR] Re: Shiloh's beauty Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2006 10:25:16 >-0400 > > Is there another Civil War site as lovely as Shiloh? I recently visited >the park and was enchanted. A walk through the cemetery down to the >Tennessee River is an unforgettable experience. Can others on the list >suggest a site as attractive and informative as Shiloh?? Ed Burke, >Massachusetts > >-----Original Message----- >From: dan hogan <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Sent: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 21:19:09 -0700 (PDT) >Subject: [CIVIL-WAR] Fwd: TX CSA Pensionsers > > >Here is a site for CSA Texas CW pension applications. > > > http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/introcpi.html > > >Dan Hogan >[email protected] > > >==== CIVIL-WAR Mailing List ==== >To search our list archives since 1996, go to >http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl >and enter Civil-War in the list name > > >==== CIVIL-WAR Mailing List ==== >To unsubscribe from list mode, email [email protected] >and in the text area of the message, type only the word >unsubscribe >

http://www.archives.gov/genealogy/military/civil-war/confederate/pension.html -- Alice J. Gayley Pennsylvania in the Civil War http://www.pa-roots.com/~pacw/

> Can others on the list suggest a site as attractive and informative as > Shiloh?? > Ed Burke, Massachusetts You won't find a more attractive battlefield, nor a more interesting one than Pea Ridge National Military Park in NW Arkansas. Stepping into the park is like stepping back into 1862. And, no monuments. To often we place the most emphasis on eastern battlefields, and too little emphasis on western battlefields. Vicksburg is a very nice military park, but the monuments are overwhelming and distracting, in my humble opinion. Glenn Jones Pea Ridge National Military Park Foundation Life Member

[email protected] wrote: > Anyone out there descendant from any soldiers in the 52nd. GA Infantry > Company G. or the 11th GA. Infantry Company F? James. > > > ==== CIVIL-WAR Mailing List ==== > To search our list archives since 1996, go to > http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > and enter Civil-War in the list name > > > I have some from the 52nd. Ga. Infantry; but they were from Co. B. They were Capt. William Chandler Ware who organized Co. B.in 1861 , he was a doctor and was killed 6 mo. later. Also his brother Daniel D. Ware that made it through the war. If there is anything I can do let me know. C.T. Ware, P.O. Box 93, Soperton, Ga. >

From: <[email protected]> > Can others on the list suggest a site as attractive and informative as > Shiloh?? > Ed Burke, Massachusetts ----------------------------------- Antietam is real nice - unspoiled and very close to what it was in 1862; even Sharpsburg is still a sleepy crossroads village. Commercialized Gettysburg has been getting its act together the past few years. Comparatively speaking, a lot of the tackiness is gone, and there's an on-going project to restore the park to its 1863 appearance. Monocacy is one of the "big secret" battlefields. Despite its proximity to DC it's still out of the way; in fact, it can be hard to find. Nice and quiet and along the Monocacy river. NoVa is a mess of a nut house and gets progressively worse, with the DC sprawl getting larger and larger. Manassas itself is nice but you can get yourself killed trying to get to it. It's so bad, James Robertson did a tour guide of VA battlefields a few years ago and didn't even bother including Chantilly. While Fredericksburg is built over up to Marye's Heights, the city has a walking tour which takes you across the plain, telling you what was there and where in 1862. With a bit of research and imagination you can erase some of the sprawl from your mind. NPS - which only holds narrow strips plus the Lacy House - oughta get together with them. Nearby Chancellorsville and Spotsylvania are great. OTOH, The Wilderness isn't laid out very well and some of the in-holders can be real jerks. Don't know how the Richmond battlefields are doing - along with the Shenandoah battlefields, haven't visited there since '73. Liked Petersburg a lot - easy to walk and well worth the visit. Appomattox - Not at all set up as a battlefield but very peaceful and I like the "no cars allowed in the park" policy which helps keep it that way. Andersonville, along with the other POW sites and cemeteries for that matter, calls for reflection; it's a witness against glory mongers. Haven't been to Kennesaw in over 20 years. I remember it as a beautiful park except for all the hippies and druggies. Not sure how it's doing now, but I suppose the concrete and asphalt are closing in as well. I've never done Chickamauga properly - only by car - and it's been a very long time since I was there. In Chattanooga, I've only been to Lookout Mountain, which has an impressive view; once tried to get to Missionary Ridge by walking tour but couldn't find a way up. Stones River and Fort Donelson are great parks but best done off season - Middle Tennessee is definitely tick country. Been to Vicksburg once but only for a few hours; seeing the Cairo made it worth the visit but I need to go again and spend time touring the whole campaign. Dennis

Ed, Unless the governments of the Confederate states have any records, the only source is the National Archives. Specifically Record Group 249, Records of the Commissary General of Prisoners, Records Relating to Individual Federal Prisoners of War. I am currently working with Entry 107, Miscellaneous Rolls and Related Records of Federal Prisoners of War, 1861-1865. There are 1,001 files in this set. The type of records range from copies of orders directing detached service from officers to escort paroled prisoners from, on my case, Harrisburg, to specific parole camps in order to be exchanged to individual hand-written paroles signed by the prisoner and the officer issuing the parole. In some cases wounded prisoners were being transported; these records usually take the form of a manifest listing all prisoners, rank, regiment, and type of wound or illness signed by an attending surgeon. Hope this helps, [email protected] wrote: Can anyone suggest a source for names of exchanged POWs? I am specifically looking for lists of CSA soldiers as POWs who were exchanged for Federal POWs. I think my ancestor Jim Hendricks was captured in 1863 as a member of the 1st Tenn Cav, CSA. I think he went to Rock Island (maybe Camp Douglas) and was lucky to be exchanged in 1864. This info is not on his record from the national archives.Thanks for any info. Ed Burke, Massachusetts -- Alice J. Gayley Pennsylvania in the Civil War http://www.pa-roots.com/~pacw/

This is the site for CSA Pensionsers for TN: http://tennessee.gov/tsla/history/military/pension.htm Pensions were only awarded to those who were in dire straits and the pensions were issued to those residing in TN at the time regardless of what state they served during the war. If you find your name and unit, then you can order the pension file from the Tennessee State Archives. The Archives site is: www.tennessee.gov/tsla/

Can anyone suggest a source for names of exchanged POWs? I am specifically looking for lists of CSA soldiers as POWs who were exchanged for Federal POWs. I think my ancestor Jim Hendricks was captured in 1863 as a member of the 1st Tenn Cav, CSA. I think he went to Rock Island (maybe Camp Douglas) and was lucky to be exchanged in 1864. This info is not on his record from the national archives.Thanks for any info. Ed Burke, Massachusetts -----Original Message----- From: dan hogan <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 21:19:09 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [CIVIL-WAR] Fwd: TX CSA Pensionsers Here is a site for CSA Texas CW pension applications. http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/introcpi.html Dan Hogan [email protected] ==== CIVIL-WAR Mailing List ==== To search our list archives since 1996, go to http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl and enter Civil-War in the list name

Is there another Civil War site as lovely as Shiloh? I recently visited the park and was enchanted. A walk through the cemetery down to the Tennessee River is an unforgettable experience. Can others on the list suggest a site as attractive and informative as Shiloh?? Ed Burke, Massachusetts -----Original Message----- From: dan hogan <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 21:19:09 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [CIVIL-WAR] Fwd: TX CSA Pensionsers Here is a site for CSA Texas CW pension applications. http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/introcpi.html Dan Hogan [email protected] ==== CIVIL-WAR Mailing List ==== To search our list archives since 1996, go to http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl and enter Civil-War in the list name

Is there a similar site for Tennessee CSA pension applications? Ed Burke -----Original Message----- From: dan hogan <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 21:19:00 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [CIVIL-WAR] Fwd: TX CSA Pensionsers Here is a site for CSA Texas CW pension applications. http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/introcpi.html Dan Hogan [email protected] ==== CIVIL-WAR Mailing List ==== To unsubscribe from list mode, email [email protected] and in the text area of the message, type only the word unsubscribe

I have a copy of the original Civil War Military Records for the following person: Name: William Henry Mathis (W.H. Mathis) Unit: 12th Tennessee Infantry, Company H Enlisted: May 28, 1861 in Jackson, Tennessee If anyone would like a copy of the original record, please contact me at [email protected] I would be glad to share: In Christ, Melissa Barker Genealogy Researcher/RAOGK Volunteer for Tennessee Have Access to Tennessee Death Certificates (1908-1954) and Birth Certificates (1908-1912) for ALL Counties WILL DO LOOK UPS!!

I ran across a list of Confederate POW's at Camp Morton in Indianapolis a couple of years ago online. But do not recall the url. Lots of people held there who served with Colms' 1st TN Battalion who had been captured at Fort Donelson TN on 16 Feb 1862. Will ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, April 28, 2006 9:29 AM Subject: [CIVIL-WAR] Re: Info on exchanged POWs? > Can anyone suggest a source for names of exchanged POWs? I am specifically > looking for lists of CSA soldiers as POWs who were exchanged for Federal > POWs. I think my ancestor Jim Hendricks was captured in 1863 as a member > of the 1st Tenn Cav, CSA. I think he went to Rock Island (maybe Camp > Douglas) and was lucky to be exchanged in 1864. This info is not on his > record from the national archives.Thanks for any info. Ed Burke, > Massachusetts > > -----Original Message----- > From: dan hogan <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 21:19:09 -0700 (PDT) > Subject: [CIVIL-WAR] Fwd: TX CSA Pensionsers > > > Here is a site for CSA Texas CW pension applications. > > > http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/introcpi.html > > > Dan Hogan > [email protected] > > > ==== CIVIL-WAR Mailing List ==== > To search our list archives since 1996, go to > http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > and enter Civil-War in the list name > > > ==== CIVIL-WAR Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from list mode, email [email protected] > and in the text area of the message, type only the word > unsubscribe > >