I am looking for the grave of William Dickens my great grandfather. He died in Vicksburg on September 5,1863. I got that info from a pension application form. I have not found the actual pension yet. I have sent for some military records from the National Archives. I also wrote to the National Cemetery in Vicksburg but they said they could not find a William DICKENS that was in Company E 52 Regiment USC Infantry or Company A Regiment 4 West Virginia Infantry. They have 33 DICKENS there. This information also came from the pension application,late rank Sgt. I am new to this list so please excuse any mistakes. ..... Hello Listers: Just gleaned the latest thread re Joshua Gore and I am amazed at the assistance you've given - grin. Was wondering if you can assist me to help one of my [USCW-VICKSBURG] listers on their journey to find info/data re William DICKENS? Any/all data coming from the revered civil war aficionados of this list would be very appreciated - grin. And in time for the Memorial Day celebration coming up as I've just spent the past weekend "hunting" for Vicksburg memorabilia/treasures to share with [USCW-VICKSBURG] listers. "Thanks for your eyes, ears, and Hearts!" --Manaia

Manaia, In the Vicksburg National, over 17,000 soldiers are buried there. And there are over 13,000 listed as on known. Your soldier could be one of the listed unknown. When you get all of Williams papers. Look them over very carefully and look for anything that my indacate that he is buried in Vicksburg National. My grandfather was listed unknown in the Florence National Cemetery, until I got all of his pension papers, and showed he had died at Florence was I able to get him on the list, but it took me a few years. Ted Myers Manaia Alofa <manaiaalofa@yahoo.com> wrote: I am looking for the grave of William Dickens my great grandfather. He died in Vicksburg on September 5,1863. I got that info from a pension application form. I have not found the actual pension yet. I have sent for some military records from the National Archives. I also wrote to the National Cemetery in Vicksburg but they said they could not find a William DICKENS that was in Company E 52 Regiment USC Infantry or Company A Regiment 4 West Virginia Infantry. They have 33 DICKENS there. This information also came from the pension application,late rank Sgt. I am new to this list so please excuse any mistakes. ..... Hello Listers: Just gleaned the latest thread re Joshua Gore and I am amazed at the assistance you've given - grin. Was wondering if you can assist me to help one of my [USCW-VICKSBURG] listers on their journey to find info/data re William DICKENS? Any/all data coming from the revered civil war aficionados of this list would be very appreciated - grin. And in time for the Memorial Day celebration coming up as I've just spent the past weekend "hunting" for Vicksburg memorabilia/treasures to share with [USCW-VICKSBURG] listers. "Thanks for your eyes, ears, and Hearts!" --Manaia ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CIVIL-WAR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message