In a message dated 2/1/2006 1:21:06 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: I am trying to find a Civil War book entitled "Hardtack and Coffee" Do not know the author Claire: John Billings wrote "Hardtack & Coffee." Sincerely, Mike Peters [email protected]

I am trying to find a Civil War book entitled "Hardtack and Coffee" Do not know the author= also "Si Klegg and his Pardner" Did you see these at your book sale which seemed to have many Civil War editions? Claire

It's available at Amazon.com > > I am trying to find a Civil War book entitled "Hardtack and Coffee" Do > not know the author > John Billings wrote "Hardtack & Coffee."

Hi All, It's been a good while since I've really posted to the list, but thought I'd share something that may be a benefit to many of the list members. Around the country, many local libraries hold annual book sales in order to raise money for the library. During the year, many people, estates, etc. donate books to the libraries for these sales, and it's a fantastic way to be able to get good books on the War for your home library at cheap prices. This past weekend, my local library held their annual book sale and I was extremely pleased to be able to get a good number of books I didn't have at such cheap prices. Just to give an example, here is a list of some of the books I was able to get this year. Gray Fox (1956) by Burke Davis Jeb Stuart, The Last Cavalier (1957) by Burke Davis Lee's Lieutenants (1944) by Douglas Southall Freeman (3 volumes) Lee (1961) by Douglas Southall Freeman A Confederate Nurse, Diary of Ada W. Bacot, 1860-1863 (1994) To give an idea of my savings, I paid a total of $14 for the books listed, and after checking several sources such as Abebooks.com and C. Clayton Thompson Bookseller to find what they normally sell for, these few books came out to be $371. Quite a HUGE savings and wonderful additions to my home library. Overall, this year I spent $38 on books that would have normally cost in the neighborhood of $600. This is not only a great way to find excellent books, but also a way to support your local library. I'm sure most libraries, like mine, have a Members Only Preview/Sale Night where members can find and purchase books before the general public gets access to them. Normally the cost of a membership is cheap, and I only pay $15 a year, well worth being able to get in on the first night. It may not be much, but what you pay for the books can be used as a tax deduction. I know many people aren't aware of these library book sales, so I wanted to let everyone know so they can be on the lookout for them in their areas. If your local or nearby library has one of these book sales, I would strongly suggest going to them. You never know just what you might find. Edward Harding Washington, NC http://ehardingwbtsancestors.homestead.com/Index.html

Anyone researching the 38th Georgia Regiment ? Roy Hunter <>< [email protected]

In January 1862, the Burnside expedition ships loaded with Union troops sailing for Pamlico Sound was hit with a succession of winter storms and several ships were lost, along with a fortune in supplies for the troops. Fortunately for the Federals, almost all of the sailors and troops survived. A January 29, 1862 article in the New York Herald lists the names of many of the Army officers as well as the ships officers. I've published the article online in my blog (web log) "Chronicles of the American Civil War" and I'm including a list of the names in that article at the end of this post, in alphabetical order, for those who may be interested. The full article is at http://www.pddoc.com/cw-chronicles/?p=4867 The blog "Chronicles of the American Civil War" is searchable from every page and currently has over 4200 posts from news articles and diaries from January 1, 1861 through January 29, 1862. http://www.pddoc.com/cw-chronicles Please feel free to forward this message to others who may be interested. Mike Goad http://www.pddoc.com/cw-chronicles http://www.pddoc.com/out Names in the article: Adams, J. S. Adams, Saml. P. Ager, George Allen, Edward P. Ames, Timothy K. Attwood, C. G. Ayre, George F. Barnes, Monroe Bee, James Beman, Edgar C. Bierson, H. H. Bixby, Phin. P. Blye, George A. Blye, W. M. Brooker, Alfred F. Brooks, J. B. Brown, Edward A. Brown, William O. Buffum, Amos Burbank, R.S. Burke, Oliver. Campbell, Geo. H. Cheney , T. P. Clark, Cyrus C. Clark, David Clark, Joseph. Clark, Willard Cobb, Theodore. Cobb, Theodore. Collins, Jason. Collins, Wesley. Comings, E. D. Converse, E. H. Converse, Nelson. Cook, Geo. B. Coombs, A. D. Cooper, Sherman. Craig, O. H. P. Cummings, J. A. Daly, Wm. Davis, Libeus S. Dennis, Oscar A. Denny, J. W. Dic, Alfred S. Dort, O. G. Dow, Edwin C. Draper , Wm. F. Drennan, James M. Dudley, H. J. Ela, Robt. I. Emery, Wm. Emmerson, Samuel Fitch, Wm. G. Flagg, Samuel. Foss, C. H. Foster, A. H. Foster, N. H. Fuller, C. L. Gardner, C. Y. Gibbons, E.W. Gilbert, Thos. Gilfllin, George Gillette, Edward A. Gilmore, Wm. F. Goodwin, F. F. Goodwin, S. G. Griffin, Simon G. Hands , S. S. Harkness, Elijah A. Harmon, George M. Harrington, Sam. Hartsborn, William Haynes, A. W. Hemingway, Leverett G. Hubbard, Daniel R. Hunt, William Hunt, William H. James, Rev. Horace Jones, J. N. Kellogg, E.S. Kimball, Albert M. Lawrence, Levi McCafferty, M. J McCarthy, Dennis McConville, Henry McKean, N. B. Miller, Frederick Miller, John H. Mills , Thomas I. Mix, Edward H. Moore, T. T. Moulton, Orson. Muchmore, G. H. Mulligan, Edward Noyes, James H. Nute, Alonzo. Nutting, J. O'Niel, Thomas Parkhurst, V. P. Pelton, Charles H. Perkins, S.N. Pickett, Josiah. Pierce, Jesse K. Pratt, Frank A. Prouty, Merrick F. Putnam, Jno. W. Quarles, Saml. D. Rice, J. Marcus Richardson, J. H. Richter, Henry M. Roberts, A. J. Robins, Charles M. Rockwood, Theo. S. Sampson, J. H. Sanders, John P. Scott, Charles. Sides, A. J. Siprell, D.M. Skinner, Samuel W. Smith, James R. Soule, William. Spaulding, Geo. H. Sprague, Augustus B. R. Starkwell, G. C. Stevens, Jonathan H. B. Stinson, Robert Taylor, Andrew Temple, Theron Titcomb, D. A. Tracey, Wm. A. Trumbull, Thomas S. Tucker, James Tyler, Robert O. Upton, Edwin Varney, John H. Wageley, Louis. Walbridge, Peter Walker , Rev. Edward A. Washburn, George A. Watkins, Elbridge G. Wentworth, Eli. Wentworth, Eli. White, Nelson L. Wiegand, Frederic Williams, R.G. Willis, F. I. Woodward, D. M. Wyatt, Thomas

While working on material from January 25, 1862, for posting to my web log, I came across an interesting human interaction segment from one news article. In January 1862, an exploratory foray was made by Generals Grant and McClernand and their engineer corps from Cairo, Illinois to obtain information in preparation for a movement of Federal forces down the Mississippi. The following is a small piece of an article published about the foray in the New York Herald on January 25, 1862. As to the political feeling of the country through which we passed, I may say that we found none but professed Union men. In no neighborhood could we hear of an active rebel; but, like the sickness in Illinois, there were plenty of secessionists "ahead" or "Over on t'road." In Milburn we found many avowed Union men, who had maintained their principles in the face of all the rebel influences. Such doffed their hats and cheered loudly when our bands marched through the town playing our national airs, and one good Union lady - a Miss Thomas - fairly went into convulsions with delight at seeing the Stars and Stripes once more in the village where the dirty rag of secession had so long flaunted. On the road from Weston's to Milburn an incident occurred which I shall very long remember, both for its filial affection and the example it furnished of the unnaturalness of this rebellion. I had ridden on in advance of the column to a log farmhouse, about midway between the two places, and was warming myself before a lusty fire when the advance came up. No one was at home but an old gentleman of perhaps sixty winters, his wife, and two or three juveniles. I sat talking to the old couple, when two young men, privates in the Thirtieth regiment, stepped in the doorway and accosted the old man with a hearty "morning!" The old man returned the greeting, gave his hand for a shake, offered a chair by the fire, and was about to turn to another comer, when one of the boys exclaimed: - "Father, don't you know us?" The old man stopped, looked, rubbed his eyes as if to test his vision, advanced a step, said,"." and there his utterance choked in this throat, extended both his hands again, and followed up with such a shaking. The matron, when we heard the question "Father, don't you know us?" dropped her cotton cards, sprang to her feet, and - acted precisely as any good old mother would at seeing her two sons after an eight years' absence. Then there were a hundred hurried questions asked and answered, as many filial kisses exchanged, and a thousand endearments lavished which the reader must picture to himself. One of the questions asked by the boys was: "Where is Ed?" (a younger brother) in answer to which the old man said, with evident trepidation: - "He went off to Columbus with Charley Wickliffe." Then there was a scowl mantled over those tw0 young men faces, and one replied: - "Ed in the rebel army! Well, I hope never to meet him in the rebel ranks; but if I do"- and he did not finish his threat; for his mother's arms were about his neck, and he was choked off from what he would say by the pleading of his mother that he spare her youngest boy. This is no sketch, but is an every day illustration of how, in this war, brother is pitted against brother and kin against kin. The full article is at http://www.pddoc.com/cw-chronicles/?p=4802 The blog "Chronicles of the American Civil War" is searchable from every page and currently has over 4200 posts from news articles and diaries from January 1, 1861 through January 25, 1862. http://www.pddoc.com/cw-chronicles/ Mike Goad http://www.pddoc.com/cw-chronicles http://www.pddoc.com/out

Hello all, On the 1870 Anderson co. SC census there is a Unica Palmer living in the household of my ancestors Lewis and Mary Newell Bailey. I am trying to determine if Unica was Lewis' or Mary's sister. Prior census records show that she was married to a William Palmer. William Palmer, a Warren Palmer, and a Thomas Palmer show up on muster rolls for the CO D 2nd SC Rifles, which happens to be the regiment that Lewis' sons were in.... incidentally the names William and Warren are quite common names in the family now. I'm interested to see if the Palmer's filed for pensions and to see if the records mention any of my family. Does anyone have access to the SC index for Soldiers and widows Pension files? I would like to know the numbers for the microfilm rolls. Keith Bailey

Hello, I found this detail from an Ask.com search: Stewart, General Thomas J., 1902 - 1906 (2 folders) The General appears to have worked with soldiers in Pa. about the time of WWI. There is a General Thomas J. Stewart Medal nlw given to soldiers in the National Guards in Pa. He does not appear to be a Civil War era general. Regards, Sherry [email protected] wrote: Any information on Thomas Stewart? I believe he was an adjutant general from PA. Sincerely, Mike Peters [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 --------------------------------- Yahoo! Photos – Showcase holiday pictures in hardcover Photo Books. You design it and we’ll bind it!

Mike Didn't find any General Thomas Stewart in the usual places. Sorry Mike [email protected] wrote: > Any information on Thomas Stewart? I believe he was an adjutant general from > PA. > > Sincerely, > > Mike Peters > [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 > >

Hi all, Each day during 2005, I published public domain articles from 1861 to my web log (also know as a blog) "Chronicles of the American Civil War" (http://www.pddoc.com/cw-chronicles/). The blog currently has over 4400 posts, mostly news articles from 1861. It also includes diary entries for most days, one from a clear in Washington, the other a clerk in the Confederate capitol. The blog is fully searchable. At the top of each page in the blog there is a Google search box. It is configured for searching the blog, though, by selecting a different button, you can use it to search the web. As a test, I picked a word from today's RootsWeb email and searched the blog on that word. The word was "Watertown." The search found three items with that word in it: Chronicles of the American Civil War > 2005 > July WE give on the preceding page a picture of the operation of FILLING CARTRIDGES at the United States Arsenal at Watertown, Massachusetts. ... www.pddoc.com/cw-chronicles/?m=20050720 Chronicles of the American Civil War > 2005 > February At Willards tonight I met JF Starbuck of Watertown NY and his new wife. Spent an hour in their room in the Hotel. He was Clerk in the Constitutional Conv'n ... www.pddoc.com/cw-chronicles/?m=20050204 Chronicles of the American Civil War > Blog Archive > Latest by ... Sixty tons of cannon balls left the Watertown Arsenal on Saturday night for New York.... www.pddoc.com/cw-chronicles/?p=1229 The blog is my database that I used for material for my e-journal, "Skedaddle." I have stopped publishing "Skedaddle" in order to have time to pursue other interests. However, it is my intent to continue to add material to the blog on a daily basis. Today, I will be posting material from January 21, 1862. (The blog currently has material from January 1, 1861, through January 20, 1862.) Mike Goad http://www.pddoc.com/cw-chronicles http://www.pddoc.com/out

Any information on Thomas Stewart? I believe he was an adjutant general from PA. Sincerely, Mike Peters [email protected]

Edward, Like you I am thrilled that more is being done for the memory of those who died in other stockades besides Andersonville. As you know the reason I do what I do here is that this happens to be where I am. Although Andersonville is the National POW site and is dedicated to ALL pows of All American wars, it also is in the memory of those who died in Union stockades up north. This obviously is not enough to bring the facts to those sites that never made the history books like Andersonville. I do hope this is a trend that will continue on the History Channel to investigate what happened in all of the POW sites during the war. I think many would be surprised to hear just how many stockades there were on both sides and the numbers that died while fighting their own war as a POW. Kevin Frye Andersonville Historian / NPS Volunteer www.angelfire.com/ga2/Andersonvilleprison/index.html

Janet Battle of Bulls Gap Tenn. 11-13-1864 Confederate Victory Run search in Google.com > Hello List, > Can anyone tell me about a battle at Bulls Gap in Tenn.? > I do not know when this battle occurred but of course, it was during the > civil war. Maybe around the time frame of 4/10/1865. > Thank for help. > Janet

Janet, The following are some good websites regarding Bull's Gap. I hope they might be of help and give you the information you're looking for. http://www.cr.nps.gov/hps/abpp/battles/tn033.htm http://americancivilwar.com/statepic/tn/tn033.html http://www.dhq.nu/search/library/tennessee/bullsgap.asp Edward Harding Washington, NC http://ehardingwbtsancestors.homestead.com/Index.html

Antoinette It is rare to be able to find information on an individual company within a regiment. For the regiment there is Dyer -- and below is Dyer on your unit. Dornbusch's Bibliography of the civil war lists several accounts of men from the Seventh Cavalry but they are short pieces. The Kansas State Historical Society published an article by Simeon M. Fox in 1910 about the regiment. From the Service Record below it it likely all companies were at all battles fought except where exceptions are specified. You may see below your company C along with company A served alone at Swallow Bluff. If you are looking for the life of a specific soldier you would want to use his Service record muster sheets showing his absences to determine whether he would have been assumed to be in the unit at a specific battle. Simeon Moses Fox wrote a short history on the unit: http://www.kansasguardmuseum.org/tagfox.html later he was Adjutant General of Kansas 7th REGIMENT CAVALRY KANSAS. Organized at Fort Leavenworth October 28, 1861. Attached to Dept. of Kansas to June, 1862. 5th Division, Army of Mississippi, to September, 1862. 2nd Brigade, Cavalry Division, Army of Mississippi, to November, 1862. 1st Brigade, Cavalry Division, 13th Corps, Dept. of the Tennessee, to December, 1862. 2nd Brigade, Cavalry Division, 16th Army Corps, Army of Tennessee, to March, 1863. Cavalry Brigade, District of Corinth, 2nd Division, 16th Army Corps, to June, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, 16th Army Corps, to August, 1863. 1st Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, 16th Corps, to February, 1864. Unattached, 1st Cavalry Division, 16th Corps, to June, 1864. 1st Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, District of West Tennessee, to September, 1864. District of St. Louis, Mo., Dept. of Missouri, to July, 1865. Dept. of Kansas to September, 1865. SERVICE.--Duty in Western Missouri till January 31, 1862. Spring Hill, Mo., October 21, 1861 (1 Co.). Little Blue November 11, 1861 (Cos. "A," "B" and "H"). Little Santa Fe November 20. Independence, Little Blue, November 20 (Detachment). Columbus, Mo., January 9, 1862. Moved to Humboldt, Kansas, January 31, and duty there till March 25. Moved to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, March 25; thence to Columbus, Ky., May 18-June 2, and to Corinth, Miss., June 7, escorting working parties on Mobile & Ohio Railroad and arriving at Corinth July 10; thence moved to Jacinto and Rienzi, Miss., July 18-28. Expedition from Rienzi to Ripley, Miss., July 27-29. Reconnoissance to Jacinto and Bay Springs and skirmish August 4-7. Reconnoissance from Rienzi to Hay Springs August 18-21. Marietta and Bay Springs August 20. Kossuth August 27. Rienzi September 9 and 18. Battle of Iuka, Miss., September 19 (Cos. "B" and "E"). Ruckersville October 1 (Detachment). Baldwin October 2. Battle of Corinth October 3-4. Pursuit to Ripley October 5-12. Ruckersville October 6. Grant's Central Mississippi Campaign October 31, 1862, to January 10, 1863. Capture of Ripley November 2, 1862. Orizaba November 3. Jumpertown November 5. Reconnoissance from LaGrange November 8-9. Lamar and Coldwater November 8. Holly Springs November 13, 28 and 29. Waterford or Lumpkin's Mill November 26-30. About Oxford December 1-3. Tallahatchie December 2. Water Valley December 4. Coffeeville December 5. Moved to Moscow, Tenn., December 31, and duty on line of Memphis & Charleston Railroad at Germantown, Tenn., till April 14, 1863. Joinerville January 3, 1863. Near Germantown January 27. Near Yorkville January 28 (1 Co.). Tuscumbia, Ala., February 22. Expedition to Colliersville and to LaFayette and Moscow March 8-16. Lafayette Depot March 15. Moscow March 16. Germantown April 1. Scout in Beaver Creek Swamp April 2-6. Moved to Corinth April 14-17. Dodge's Expedition into Northern Alabama April 15-May 8. Hock Cut, near Tuscumbia, April 22. Tuscumbia, Dickson Station and Leighton April 23. Town Creek April 27. Expedition from Burnsville to Tupelo, Miss., May 2-8. Tupelo May 5. At Corinth, Miss., May 8, 1863, to January 8, 1864. Expedition to Florence May 26-31, 1863. Florence May 28. Hamburg Landing May 30. Iuka, Miss., July 9 and 14. Near Corinth August 16. Expedition into West Tennessee August 27-October 1. Swallow Bluff September 30 (Cos. "A" and "C"). Operations in North Mississippi and West Tennessee against Chalmers October 4-17. Ingraham's Mills, near Byhalia, October 12. Wyatts, Tallahatchie River, October 13. Operations on Memphis & Charleston Railroad November 3-5. Operations on Memphis & Charleston Railroad against Lee's attack November 28-December 10. Molino November 28. Ripley December 1 and 4. Jack's Creek December 24. Moved to Memphis, Tenn., January 18, 1864. Veterans on furlough February 4-March 4; then moved to St. Louis, Mo., March 12. Moved to Memphis June 6. Near Memphis May 2 (Detachment). LaFayette June 9. Smith's Expedition to Tupelo, Miss., July 5-18. King's Creek July 9. Pontotoc July 11-12. Tupelo July 13-14. Oldtown Creek July 15. Ellistown July 16. Tupelo July 25. Smith's Expedition to Oxford, Miss., August 1-30. Tallahatchie River August 7-9. Hurricane Creek, Oxford, August 9. Hurricane Creek August 13, 14, 16 and 19. Moved to St. Louis, Mo., arriving September 17. Pursuit of Price through Missouri September 30-November 26. Little Blue October 21. Independence October 22. Big Blue and State Line, Westport, October 23. Mine Creek, Little Osage River, October 25. Duty by Detachments in St. Louis District till July 18, 1865. Moselle Bridge, near Franklin, December 7, 1864 (Co. "E*'). Expedition from Bloomfield into Dunklin County March 3-7, 1865. Skirmishes near Bloomfield March 3 and 7. Dunklin County March 4. Skirmish McKinzie's Creek, near Patterson, April 15, Ordered to Omaha, Neb., July 18; thence to Fort Kearney and duty there till September. Moved to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, arriving September 14. Mustered out September 29, 1865. Regiment lost during service 3 Officers and 55 Enlisted men killed and mortally woundedand 1 Officer and 164 Enlisted men by disease. Total 223. Antoinette Waughtel Sorensen wrote: > What is the best way to look for information on a regiment/company etc. I > am looking for military service/action on Co C 7th Reg't Kansas Cav Vols ~ ~ > I have googled and came up with many pages to wade through but from the > abstract info none seem to be what I think I should be looking for. I > have a military page on my website and would like a little bit of what/where > they served other than the information from their actual pension papers. > Thank you for any "guiding light". > Antoinette (Tacoma, Washington)

To any listmembers who missed the original showing of "80 Acres of Hell" on the History Channel on January 15th, it will again be shown on Saturday, January 21 @ 5pm ET. We have all heard so much about the Confederate POW that held Union prisoners called Andersonville, but how many have studied Union POW Camps that held Confederate prisoners? Camp Douglas which was just outside of Chicago, Illinois is the focus of this well documented program. I would suggest this program to everyone who hasn't seen it. Personally, I will be watching it again and taping it this time. Finally, the hidden truth has come out on how Confederate prisoners as well as a number of private citizens were treated in this camp. Also, the program gets into the political corruption regarding how Camp Douglas was run by the Union Governement. A MUST SEE PROGRAM !!!!! Edward Harding Washington, NC

Hello List, Can anyone tell me about a battle at Bulls Gap in Tenn.? I do not know when this battle occurred but of course, it was during the civil war. Maybe around the time frame of 4/10/1865. Thank for help. Janet

Try: http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/regiments.htm<http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/regiments.htm> Just search on State: Kansas and Function: Cavalry and you will get a list with the 7th Regiment, Kansas Cavalry. Click on that and you will get the details of the unit activities. Les Williams Tacoma WA ----- Original Message ----- From: Antoinette Waughtel Sorensen<mailto:[email protected]> To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2006 7:24 AM Subject: [CIVIL-WAR] FINDING INFORMATION ON REGIMENT What is the best way to look for information on a regiment/company etc. I am looking for military service/action on Co C 7th Reg't Kansas Cav Vols ~ ~ I have googled and came up with many pages to wade through but from the abstract info none seem to be what I think I should be looking for. I have a military page on my website and would like a little bit of what/where they served other than the information from their actual pension papers. Thank you for any "guiding light". Antoinette (Tacoma, Washington) ==== CIVIL-WAR Mailing List ==== To unsubscribe from list mode, email [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> and in the text area of the message, type only the word unsubscribe

What is the best way to look for information on a regiment/company etc. I am looking for military service/action on Co C 7th Reg't Kansas Cav Vols ~ ~ I have googled and came up with many pages to wade through but from the abstract info none seem to be what I think I should be looking for. I have a military page on my website and would like a little bit of what/where they served other than the information from their actual pension papers. Thank you for any "guiding light". Antoinette (Tacoma, Washington)