Nancy, Please include the following Stokes County, NC soldiers who died at Seven Pines: Company H, 22nd Regiment, NC Infantry - This company known as the "Stokes Boys" was raised and enlisted in Stokes County, NC on June 01, 1861. Corn, John C., Pvt., KIA May 31, 1862 Dodson, Samuel, Pvt., Wounded May 31, 1862, DOW July 23, 1862 Hutcherson, Richard, Pvt., Wounded May 31, 1862, DOW June 05, 1862 Martin, William H., Pvt., KIA May 31, 1862 Ziglar, Joshua D., 2nd Lt., KIA May 31, 1862 Thank you very much, Ken http://www.firstchoicepro.com/ken/civil_war.htm KIA Stokes County, NC ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nancy" <nancybrister@i-55.com> To: <CIVIL-WAR-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 5:58 PM Subject: [CIVIL-WAR] Seven Pines Participants Page > I'm the Administrator of the USCW Battle of Seven Pines Rootsweb list > and I'm in the process of creating a page to honor the soldiers and > regiments who fought in the Battle. If you had an ancestor or if you know > of a soldier (Union or Confederate) or a regiment who participated in the > Battle of Seven Pines, please let me know. Send as much or as little > information as you'd like to contribute and I'll be happy to include it. > This project is just beginning. I would appreciate any information you > might be able to share with me! > www.thepastwhispers.com/Seven_Pines_participants > Nancy Brister > > Nancy, researching: > 46th VA Inf; 12th MS Inf; 42nd GA Inf; Camp Chase Federal Prison > www.thepastwhispers.com/Battle_of_Seven_Pines > www.geocities.com/twincousin2334 & www.thepastwhispers.com > > ______________________________

Montford Stokes McKenzie Sgt Scotch Irish Grays from Rowan County N.C. killed 1862. Company "B" 2nd NC troops, my gggrandfather. Burt McKenzie

Nancy, A friend of mine suggests you try "Ft. Lafayette" in N.Y. harbor, across from the Verrazano Narrows Bridge. This link may point you in the right direction. <A HREF="http://www.correctionhistory.org/html/chronicl/chronicl.html">NY Correction Chronicles</A>. Good luck, and b.t.w..... very nice web page. Marc F. Campbell

I'm the Administrator of the USCW Battle of Seven Pines Rootsweb list and I'm in the process of creating a page to honor the soldiers and regiments who fought in the Battle. If you had an ancestor or if you know of a soldier (Union or Confederate) or a regiment who participated in the Battle of Seven Pines, please let me know. Send as much or as little information as you'd like to contribute and I'll be happy to include it. This project is just beginning. I would appreciate any information you might be able to share with me! www.thepastwhispers.com/Seven_Pines_participants Nancy Brister Nancy, researching: 46th VA Inf; 12th MS Inf; 42nd GA Inf; Camp Chase Federal Prison www.thepastwhispers.com/Battle_of_Seven_Pines www.geocities.com/twincousin2334 & www.thepastwhispers.com

I wonder if a CW soldier who "was found to have died" when he arrived at a Civil War Hospital in Washington DC, fronm the Battle of Petersbutrg VA, if in that case a death cert would have been made out, besides what was on the CW Surgeons' notes in personnel file? Probably not, because there were so many dying so fast...but just wondered if anyone would know. Thankds, Jeannette

Th Bits of Blue and Gray, DECEMBER 2003 column D. E. BUCKINGHAM TO JOHN MCCORMICK This month's column is a letter written home to a father informing him of the death of his son. <A HREF="http://www.bitsofblueandgray.com/december2003.htm">http://www.bitsofblueandgray.com/december2003.htm</A> I want to also take this opportunity to thank all of you who have visited the Bits of Blue and Gray website. I also appreciate the kind words some of you have sent, they let me know it's being used and enjoyed. Happy Holidays to all, Jayne McCormick bitsobluengray@aol.com <A HREF="http://www.bitsofblueandgray.com/index.htm">bitsofblueandgray.com</A>

How thoughtful of you to share this site, Mary Helen! I benefited from looking at the other Civil War items for sale as well. Eugenia ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Helen Chrisman" <nelehyram@earthlink.net> To: <CIVIL-WAR-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, December 08, 2003 3:22 AM Subject: [CIVIL-WAR] Re: Soldier's I.D. > Hi Everyone, > > Given the recent conversation on identifying soldiers, I thought folks might > enjoy looking at this piece I found on eBay: > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2206585952&category=13960

Hi Carol! The night before the battle at Cold Harbor, it is recorded that many of the Union troops went to the trouble of writing their names on slips of paper which they pinned to their uniforms in the expectation of being killed the next day. -- Robert W. King I'm an ingenieur, NOT a bloody locomotive driver! SnailNet: 19023 TV Tower Rd, Winslow, Arkansas 72959 BellNet: 479-634-2086 InterNet: mailto:robert@wildweasel.net Web site: http://www.wildweasel.net/ -----Original Message----- From: Carol Botteron [mailto:botteron@alum.mit.edu] Sent: Saturday, 06 December 2003 10:59 To: CIVIL-WAR-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [CIVIL-WAR] Identification of dead soldiers? How were dead soldiers identified? AFAIK they didn't have dog tags. Were names on their uniforms? Some may have carried something that had their names, just in case. I heard of one soldier who had his mother tattoo his name on his chest. This may start some discussion, so replies may as well go to the list if that's OK. Thanks for info! Carol Botteron <botteron@alum.mit.edu> Maintainer, Civil War Units File

Hi Everyone, Given the recent conversation on identifying soldiers, I thought folks might enjoy looking at this piece I found on eBay: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2206585952&category=13960 I have nothing to do with this sale; just thought it might be interesting to some list members. Mary Helen

There was no standardization system for the identification of the dead. Most of the Union dead were idenified by their comrades. There were no offical "dog tags" issued by the respective govements. There were, however, enterprising individuals who cash in on the soldier's fear of lost identity by selling wooden, ceramic, or tin identification tags. Some soldiers wore these. but this was the exception rater tahn the rule. Sometimes a note in a bottle was buried with the soldier along with his personal keepsakes that had not been stolen. Source " The Bivouacs of the Dead" by Steven R. Stotelmyer Ann ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alice J. Gayley" <agayley@dgs.dgsys.com> To: <CIVIL-WAR-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2003 11:23 AM Subject: Re: [CIVIL-WAR] Identification of dead soldiers? > Carol, > > As far as I know they weren't issued any kind of ID as we > know it today. Maybe some carried wallets or carried pieces > of paper with their names, etc. on them. I've read of some > who carried bibles which, of course, showed the name of the > owner. > > And then there are lots of references in the literature that > when a major battle was expected (Cold Harbor, etc.) many > soldiers were seen writing their names on pieces of paper > and pinning them to the back of their uniforms. > > Hope this helps, > Alice Gayley > > > Carol Botteron wrote: > > How were dead soldiers identified? AFAIK they didn't have dog tags. > > Were names on their uniforms? Some may have carried something that > > had their names, just in case. I heard of one soldier who had his > > mother tattoo his name on his chest. > > > > This may start some discussion, so replies may as well go to the > > list if that's OK. Thanks for info! > > > > Carol Botteron <botteron@alum.mit.edu> > > Maintainer, Civil War Units File > > -- > Pennsylvania in the Civil War > http://www.pa-roots.com/~pacw/ > > > > > ==== CIVIL-WAR Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from list mode, email CIVIL-WAR-L-REQUEST@rootsweb.com > and in the text area of the message, type only the word > unsubscribe > > >

where is the message? ----- Original Message ----- From: <CIVIL-WAR-D-request@rootsweb.com> To: <CIVIL-WAR-D@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2003 3:00 PM Subject: CIVIL-WAR-D Digest V03 #257

I am a SUVCW memb. In our standard bullet pack there is a little slide pocket in front behind the flap,it can carry personal pappers, not many, just a guess. Have a musket, " ball"! Ken.

Carol, As far as I know they weren't issued any kind of ID as we know it today. Maybe some carried wallets or carried pieces of paper with their names, etc. on them. I've read of some who carried bibles which, of course, showed the name of the owner. And then there are lots of references in the literature that when a major battle was expected (Cold Harbor, etc.) many soldiers were seen writing their names on pieces of paper and pinning them to the back of their uniforms. Hope this helps, Alice Gayley Carol Botteron wrote: > How were dead soldiers identified? AFAIK they didn't have dog tags. > Were names on their uniforms? Some may have carried something that > had their names, just in case. I heard of one soldier who had his > mother tattoo his name on his chest. > > This may start some discussion, so replies may as well go to the > list if that's OK. Thanks for info! > > Carol Botteron <botteron@alum.mit.edu> > Maintainer, Civil War Units File -- Pennsylvania in the Civil War http://www.pa-roots.com/~pacw/

How were dead soldiers identified? AFAIK they didn't have dog tags. Were names on their uniforms? Some may have carried something that had their names, just in case. I heard of one soldier who had his mother tattoo his name on his chest. This may start some discussion, so replies may as well go to the list if that's OK. Thanks for info! Carol Botteron <botteron@alum.mit.edu> Maintainer, Civil War Units File

Thank you Dennis. I had never seen this part of the NPS site before. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dennis J. Francis" <fran@ees.eesc.com> To: <CIVIL-WAR-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2003 12:04 AM Subject: Re: [CIVIL-WAR] Soldiers at Vicksburg, Miss burials, captured, ect. > keith d bailey wrote: > > > > Hi all, > > I am looking for burial information on an Elisha P. Thomas who was serving in Co. L of the 36th GA INF ... > --------------------------------------------- > Vicksburg NMP has a list of parolees and info on the Confederate > Cemetery there (check under the Nat'l Cem. link): > http://www.nps.gov/vick/home.htm > > Dennis > > > ==== 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 > >

Carol Botteron wrote: > > One of my ancestors died November 22, 1864, in Columbia, Tenn. > He was with the 124th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, which was retreating. -------------------------------------- Soldiers buried around Columbia were reinterred at Stones River Nat'l Cem. during 1866-67. He's not listed but several unknowns were brought in from Columbia. Dennis

keith d bailey wrote: > > Hi all, > I am looking for burial information on an Elisha P. Thomas who was serving in Co. L of the 36th GA INF ... --------------------------------------------- Vicksburg NMP has a list of parolees and info on the Confederate Cemetery there (check under the Nat'l Cem. link): http://www.nps.gov/vick/home.htm Dennis

Carol, According to Dyer's Compendium, the 124th OVI was still in Athens, Ga on Nov 22, 1864; they started their march to Columbia Tennessee on November 23, 1864. http://www.ohiocivilwar.com/cw124.html Are you sure of his death date and place? Do you know the circumstances surrounding his death, i. e., died in battle, in hospital, died of disease, etc? Have you checked the on-line database of burials in National Cemeteries? As you are probably aware, there was a major project at the close of the civil war to re-inter union soldiers from the battlefields, original burial grounds, to newly created National Cemeteries. http://www.interment.net/us/nat/veterans.htm Jim Gilmer -------Original Message------- From: CIVIL-WAR-L@rootsweb.com Date: Friday, December 05, 2003 19:56:19 To: CIVIL-WAR-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [CIVIL-WAR] Columbia, Tenn., burial 1864? One of my ancestors died November 22, 1864, in Columbia, Tenn. He was with the 124th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, which was retreating. His name was Egbert Oswald Hicks (born Hixon). He died of malaria which he had caught in 1862 during the Peninsular Campaign when he was with a Mass. unit. He was last seen at a railroad station. His wife was not told where he was buried. It is likely that he was buried with the unknown dead. If there are any lists of US soldiers buried in that area at that time, I'm interested. Thanks for any leads! Carol Botteron <botteron@alum.mit.edu> Maintainer, Civil War Units File ==== CIVIL-WAR Mailing List ==== To unsubscribe from list mode, email CIVIL-WAR-L-REQUEST@rootsweb.com and in the text area of the message, type only the word unsubscribe .

One of my ancestors died November 22, 1864, in Columbia, Tenn. He was with the 124th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, which was retreating. His name was Egbert Oswald Hicks (born Hixon). He died of malaria which he had caught in 1862 during the Peninsular Campaign when he was with a Mass. unit. He was last seen at a railroad station. His wife was not told where he was buried. It is likely that he was buried with the unknown dead. If there are any lists of US soldiers buried in that area at that time, I'm interested. Thanks for any leads! Carol Botteron <botteron@alum.mit.edu> Maintainer, Civil War Units File

Hello Ann, He is Archibald Hensley, 16th North Carolina Infantry; killed on May 3. Thanks for your help. Brenda From: "akeegan" <akeegan@c3net.net> Add to Address Book Subject: Re: [CIVIL-WAR] Unmarked Graves Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2003 17:26:45 -0600 To: CIVIL-WAR-L@rootsweb.com Brenda, I somehow missed your message, who was your Uncle, Let me see what I can find will need a name and Regiment and what state he served Ann __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New Yahoo! Photos - easier uploading and sharing. http://photos.yahoo.com/