Hi all, I am looking for burial information on an Elisha P. Thomas who was serving in Co. L of the 36th GA INF. He was shot in the thigh at Bakers Creek Miss in May and sent to the Hospital at Vicksburg. The Widows Pension says he died on June 28th, 1863 from the wounds. Witnesses included Rial B. Striplin who helped bury him , a brother-in-law Jacob Childers, and a longtime family acquaintance B. Mullinax, all of whom served in CO L. He had at least 2 other brother-in-laws that served in that unit .... Robert B. Wilkins and Rueben Childers. I've seen some other information that indicated the possibility he was still alive during the surrender on the 4th, so I also would be interested in any information on Samuel and W. J. Thomas of CO L 36th GA INF, just incase someone got a name mixed-up. I would also be interested in any information on The Cherokee Legion; GA State guards. The artillery unit seems to have been captured at Vicksburg, but I can't seem to find information on the individual soldiers. I am particularly interested in Leander Childers and James Childers. Neither of them seems to have filed for a pension, and I'm beginning to wander if they could have jumped sides or deserted. Anything information, on any of the people mentioned, would be appreciated. Keith Bailey Gordon Co. GA

Hi List, A big THANK YOU to all for the well wishes on my surgery yesterday. According to my doctor, everything went well and I was home again by 1:00 PM. I now have a lotof pain in my right arm and can't use it for anything now, but with the help of pain meds, I'm managing. This afternoon, I was at my doctor's office to have the hemovac removed. Although my typing is poor due to having to use my left arm only, I wanted to send you an update. I have a long way to go recovery wise, but hopefully soon, I'll be back to my old self again. With today's modern medicine, I think how lucky we are, compared to our ancestors in the War who were wounded, and what they had to deal with (pain, infection, death). I'll try to write again soon with more news....and hope y'all are doing well. Again, thanks to all for the well wishes. Edward

Great news! Thanks for sending a progress report. We're pulling for you. AJ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Edward Harding" <eharding2@cox.net> To: <CIVIL-WAR-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, December 05, 2003 5:54 PM Subject: [CIVIL-WAR] Recovering > Hi List, > > A big THANK YOU to all for the well wishes on my surgery yesterday. According to my doctor, everything went well and I was home again by 1:00 PM. I now have a lotof pain in my right arm and can't use it for anything now, but with the help of pain meds, I'm managing. This afternoon, I was at my doctor's office to have the hemovac removed. Although my typing is poor due to having to use my left arm only, I wanted to send you an update. I have a long way to go recovery wise, but hopefully soon, I'll be back to my old self again. With today's modern medicine, I think how lucky we are, compared to our ancestors in the War who were wounded, and what they had to deal with (pain, infection, death). I'll try to write again soon with more news....and hope y'all are doing well. Again, thanks to all for the well wishes. > > Edward > > > ==== 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 > > >

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 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brenda Normandin" <harrow444@yahoo.com> To: <CIVIL-WAR-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, December 05, 2003 1:06 PM Subject: [CIVIL-WAR] Unmarked Graves > Jim, > > Thanks for the information. Lost a gg-uncle at > Chancellorsville and haven't been able to locate his > grave. Sounds like I probably never will. > > Brenda > > > Sorry for the late thread. I was at Hollywood Cemetery > about a year ago. There are thousands of unmarked > confederate graves at Hollywood. I do not know how > that came to be. However, when I asked about a grave > registry at the office, I was told that the records > were burned when the court house went up in flames at > the end of the war. The confederates apparently burned > anything that may have been of any value to the north > as Richmond fell. The records went along with the > courthouse. So there is no knowledge of who was buried > at Hollywood or if there was, which grave they are in. > Just tragic. > > This apparently is not too unusual. If a confederate > died in battle or disease, chances are somewhere > between slim and none that a grave can be found. At > some battle fields, the union recovered bodies after > the war and re-interred them in nearby National > Cemeteries. Then the identities were only known if the > soldier kept a slip of paper with his name in his > pocket. > > In looking for lost relatives, I have found some > "centographs" in cemeteries that mark empty graves for > a confederate soldier that never came home. > > Jim Whiteside > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now > http://companion.yahoo.com/ > > > ==== 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 > >

Sirs, I'm seeking information on the following units at Antietam and Chancelorsville: 18th North Carolina Volunteers 22rd North Carolina Volunteers 60th Infantry New York Volunteers. My great grandfather served in the 18th (Micaja Wilkerson), and my cousins John and Hannibal Downs and also counsil Sidney Rider were in the 60th. Other Wilkersons -- cousins -- were in the 22nd. Appreciate any leads on the net which describe where and the circumstances that these three units saw action in those two battles. Thanks, Jim Downs 1303 Crestridge Drive Oceanside, CA 92054 downs24@cox.net

Jim, Thanks for the information. Lost a gg-uncle at Chancellorsville and haven't been able to locate his grave. Sounds like I probably never will. Brenda Sorry for the late thread. I was at Hollywood Cemetery about a year ago. There are thousands of unmarked confederate graves at Hollywood. I do not know how that came to be. However, when I asked about a grave registry at the office, I was told that the records were burned when the court house went up in flames at the end of the war. The confederates apparently burned anything that may have been of any value to the north as Richmond fell. The records went along with the courthouse. So there is no knowledge of who was buried at Hollywood or if there was, which grave they are in. Just tragic. This apparently is not too unusual. If a confederate died in battle or disease, chances are somewhere between slim and none that a grave can be found. At some battle fields, the union recovered bodies after the war and re-interred them in nearby National Cemeteries. Then the identities were only known if the soldier kept a slip of paper with his name in his pocket. In looking for lost relatives, I have found some "centographs" in cemeteries that mark empty graves for a confederate soldier that never came home. Jim Whiteside __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now http://companion.yahoo.com/

Thank you very much I will check this out. Sherri --- "Dennis J. Francis" <fran@ees.eesc.com> wrote: > Sherri Ryan wrote: > > > > What I am curious about is what was the company > like. > > Wild stories.Those things not written in the > books. > ------------------------------------- > The biblio at USAMHI > http://carlisle-www.army.mil/usamhi/ACWUnits.html > lists a regimental history: > Rerick, John H. The Forty-fourth Indiana Volunteer > Infantry, History of > Its Services in the War of the Rebellion and a > Personal Record of Its > Members, La Grange, IN, 1880, 293 p.; > > a collection of letters > Squier, George W. This Wilderness of War: The > Civil War Letters > of�Hoosier Volunteer. Univ. of TN, Knoxville, 1998, > 130 p.; > > and an unpublished manuscript: > Lacey, Thomas S. - CWMiscColl (Brief acct of Pvt's > service; Announcement > of 13th annual unit reunion, Oct 21, 1891. > > Squier's book is in print and from the description > might be what you're > after. Lacey was in Co. A, while Squier was in Co. > D, but what one > company went through, generally the rest of the > regiment did too. > > 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 > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard http://antispam.yahoo.com/whatsnewfree

Does anyone on the list have an interest in the 14th South Carolina? I found an interesting story about the death of Lt. Henry Rauch of the 14th at Gettysburg at: http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=moa;cc=moa;sid=cb9877758a4a20b56b72d8a4d9a31bd7;q1=The%20history%20of%20the%20Civil%20War%20in%20America%3B%20comprising%20a%20full;rgn=title;idno=ACP5555.0002.001;view=image;seq=00000012 You may have to cut and paste the URL in the http:// line. Alice Gayley -- http://www.pa-roots.com/~jefferson/ Pennsylvania in the Civil War http://www.pa-roots.com/~pacw/

Correction on site address: Seven Pine Cemetery http://www.cwc.lsu.edu/cwc/projects/dbases/Seven.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Whiteside" <jim.whiteside@charter.net> To: <CIVIL-WAR-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2003 2:49 PM Subject: Re: [CIVIL-WAR] Re: Burial sites, Seven Pines > Sorry for the late thread. I was at Hollywood Cemetery about a year ago. > There are thousands of unmarked confederate graves at Hollywood. I do not > know how that came to be. However, when I asked about a grave registry at > the office, I was told that the records were burned when the court house > went up in flames at the end of the war. The confederates apparently burned > anything that may have been of any value to the north as Richmond fell. The > records went along with the courthouse. So there is no knowledge of who was > buried at Hollywood or if there was, which grave they are in. Just tragic. > > This apparently is not too unusual. If a confederate died in battle or > disease, chances are somewhere between slim and none that a grave can be > found. At some battle fields, the union recovered bodies after the war and > re-interred them in nearby National Cemeteries. Then the identities were > only known if the soldier kept a slip of paper with his name in his pocket. > > In looking for lost relatives, I have found some "centographs" in cemeteries > that mark empty graves for a confederate soldier that never came home. > > Jim Whiteside > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <Guzzibud@aol.com> > To: <CIVIL-WAR-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 6:10 AM > Subject: Re: [CIVIL-WAR] Re: Burial sites, Seven Pines > > > > Thanks for the information, I'm just starting on this. I have been told > that > > the confederate graves in Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond were marked with > > wooden markers, and that the Union prisoners burned the markers to keep > warm. > > > > > > ==== 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 > >

there is a web site for Seven Pine Cemetery http://www.cwc.isu.edu/cws/projects/dbases/seven.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Whiteside" <jim.whiteside@charter.net> To: <CIVIL-WAR-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2003 2:49 PM Subject: Re: [CIVIL-WAR] Re: Burial sites, Seven Pines > Sorry for the late thread. I was at Hollywood Cemetery about a year ago. > There are thousands of unmarked confederate graves at Hollywood. I do not > know how that came to be. However, when I asked about a grave registry at > the office, I was told that the records were burned when the court house > went up in flames at the end of the war. The confederates apparently burned > anything that may have been of any value to the north as Richmond fell. The > records went along with the courthouse. So there is no knowledge of who was > buried at Hollywood or if there was, which grave they are in. Just tragic. > > This apparently is not too unusual. If a confederate died in battle or > disease, chances are somewhere between slim and none that a grave can be > found. At some battle fields, the union recovered bodies after the war and > re-interred them in nearby National Cemeteries. Then the identities were > only known if the soldier kept a slip of paper with his name in his pocket. > > In looking for lost relatives, I have found some "centographs" in cemeteries > that mark empty graves for a confederate soldier that never came home. > > Jim Whiteside > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <Guzzibud@aol.com> > To: <CIVIL-WAR-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 6:10 AM > Subject: Re: [CIVIL-WAR] Re: Burial sites, Seven Pines > > > > Thanks for the information, I'm just starting on this. I have been told > that > > the confederate graves in Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond were marked with > > wooden markers, and that the Union prisoners burned the markers to keep > warm. > > > > > > ==== 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 > >

Sorry for the late thread. I was at Hollywood Cemetery about a year ago. There are thousands of unmarked confederate graves at Hollywood. I do not know how that came to be. However, when I asked about a grave registry at the office, I was told that the records were burned when the court house went up in flames at the end of the war. The confederates apparently burned anything that may have been of any value to the north as Richmond fell. The records went along with the courthouse. So there is no knowledge of who was buried at Hollywood or if there was, which grave they are in. Just tragic. This apparently is not too unusual. If a confederate died in battle or disease, chances are somewhere between slim and none that a grave can be found. At some battle fields, the union recovered bodies after the war and re-interred them in nearby National Cemeteries. Then the identities were only known if the soldier kept a slip of paper with his name in his pocket. In looking for lost relatives, I have found some "centographs" in cemeteries that mark empty graves for a confederate soldier that never came home. Jim Whiteside ----- Original Message ----- From: <Guzzibud@aol.com> To: <CIVIL-WAR-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 6:10 AM Subject: Re: [CIVIL-WAR] Re: Burial sites, Seven Pines > Thanks for the information, I'm just starting on this. I have been told that > the confederate graves in Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond were marked with > wooden markers, and that the Union prisoners burned the markers to keep warm. >

GOOD LUCK and have a complete recovery. Remember "Doctor, my arm hurts when I to this. Reply - Don't do that." Richard Callard -----Original Message----- From: Edward Harding [mailto:eharding2@cox.net] Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 7:02 AM To: CIVIL-WAR-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [CIVIL-WAR] Wounded in Action Hi List, Tomorrow is my day to be "wounded in action" again. I'm to be at the hospital at 6 AM for my surgery. It's outpatient, so hopefully I'll be home by early afternoon. I'll keep up with the list when I can while out of commission, and if there is anything I can do to help someone, I'll be sure to save the emails so I can reply when I'm able. I had previous surgery on my right elbow in August, but as soon as I got my cast off, Hurricane Isabel came and I had to do things I shouldn't have done preparing for it and messed up the ulnar nerve in my arm. Tomorrow they're going in to reposition the nerve so it won't sustain any more damage and also to get pressure off of it which has made part of my hand numb. I hope all of you are doing well, and I'll let y'all know when I make it back. Take care and don't start any spats while I'm gone! Edward ==== 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 --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Surfside Internet] --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Surfside Internet]

Sherri Ryan wrote: > > What I am curious about is what was the company like. > Wild stories.Those things not written in the books. ------------------------------------- The biblio at USAMHI http://carlisle-www.army.mil/usamhi/ACWUnits.html lists a regimental history: Rerick, John H. The Forty-fourth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, History of Its Services in the War of the Rebellion and a Personal Record of Its Members, La Grange, IN, 1880, 293 p.; a collection of letters Squier, George W. This Wilderness of War: The Civil War Letters of…Hoosier Volunteer. Univ. of TN, Knoxville, 1998, 130 p.; and an unpublished manuscript: Lacey, Thomas S. - CWMiscColl (Brief acct of Pvt's service; Announcement of 13th annual unit reunion, Oct 21, 1891. Squier's book is in print and from the description might be what you're after. Lacey was in Co. A, while Squier was in Co. D, but what one company went through, generally the rest of the regiment did too. Dennis

Dear Edward, Prayers and all good wishes for a complete and speedy recovery. Keep us posted about your progress. We'll try to behave in your absence. (:o AJ Stewart

To: Edward Harding, We wish you well on your arm surgery tomorrow..We all sure it will turn out great and you will be better than ever....Let us know when you get back into action and I'll present the Question of the Centry on Civil War Graves. Happy Holidays Thomas Temple

Edward, Best of luck and I'll say a prayer for you, Marc F. Campbell

Hi Edward....we will be thinking of you and wish you a speedy recovery.You won't have to worry about a hurricane when you get back home.......but maybe an ice storm!Take care and God bless. Linda Franklinville,NC

Hi List, Tomorrow is my day to be "wounded in action" again. I'm to be at the hospital at 6 AM for my surgery. It's outpatient, so hopefully I'll be home by early afternoon. I'll keep up with the list when I can while out of commission, and if there is anything I can do to help someone, I'll be sure to save the emails so I can reply when I'm able. I had previous surgery on my right elbow in August, but as soon as I got my cast off, Hurricane Isabel came and I had to do things I shouldn't have done preparing for it and messed up the ulnar nerve in my arm. Tomorrow they're going in to reposition the nerve so it won't sustain any more damage and also to get pressure off of it which has made part of my hand numb. I hope all of you are doing well, and I'll let y'all know when I make it back. Take care and don't start any spats while I'm gone! Edward

John, I have some information on Thomas M. Cox from Beaufort County, NC. None of it mentions Fort Fisher however. Below is the information I have along with where it came from for documentation purposes. North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster Volume VI Infantry Page 188 Co. K, 17th Regiment N.C. Troops (1st Organization) COX, THOMAS M., Private Born in Beaufort County and was by occupation a farmer prior to enlisting in Beaufort County at age 18, May 22, 1861. Present or accounted for until the company was disbanded on or about March 26, 1862. Later served in Company I, 40th Regiment N.C. Troops (3rd Regiment N.C. Artillery). ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster Volume I Artillery Page 492 Co. I, 40th Regiment N.C.T. (3rd Regiment N.C. Artillery) *COX, THOMAS M., Private Enlisted in Beaufort County at age 18, April 17, 1862 for the war. Present or accounted for through July 26, 1864 when he was transferred to Company I, 4th Regiment N.C. State Troops. North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster Volume I Artillery Page 698 ADDENDA COX, THOMAS M., Private Page 492. Previously served as Private in Company K, 17th Regiment N.C. Troops (1st Organization) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster Volume IV Infantry Page 98 Co. I, 4th Regiment N.C. State Troops COX, THOMAS M., Private Previously served in Company I, 40th Regiment N.C. Troops (3rd Regiment N.C. Artillery). Transferred to this company on July 26, 1864. Captured at Winchester, Virginia, September 19, 1864, and confined at Point Lookout, Maryland, until paroled and transferred to Boulware's Wharf, James River, Virginia, where he was received March 18, 1865, for exchange. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I hope this bit of information will be of some help to you. Edward Harding Washington, Beaufort County, NC

----- Original Message ----- From: "mpruddy" <mpruddy@msn.com> To: <CIVIL-WAR-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, May 02, 2003 6:29 AM Subject: Re: [CIVIL-WAR] Lost soldier > > > > Looking for some information on Thomas Cox > > Station at Fort Fisher, North Carolina during the Civil War. He was private, enlistment in Beaufort County, N.C. > > Thanks in advance, John > > ==== 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 >