Name is James H Hendricks, 1st Tenn Cav. Thanks to another person on the list, I think I have verified that he was a POW at Rock Island, which record says he was captured on that date and place. Not sure he went directly to Rock Island or via Camp chase or Sandusky. If you know more than I do about Chickamauga, tell me whether Sept 10 was a battle date. All I know is that it was a kind of wind for the Confederates but Thomas helped a lot to limit the losses for the North. Ed Burke -----Original Message----- From: akeegan <akeegan@wowway.com> To: civil-war@rootsweb.com Sent: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 4:57 pm Subject: Re: [CIVIL-WAR] Sept 10, 1863: date of capture What is this soldiers Name ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dennis J. Francis" <donncadhf@wowway.com> To: <civil-war@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2007 4:50 PM Subject: Re: [CIVIL-WAR] Sept 10, 1863: date of capture > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <elb2186@aol.com> > > >> My ancestror in a Tenn Cav unit was captured near Chattanooga on Sept >> 10, 1863. During or just after what battle would this have been? He >> wound up at Rock Island. > -------------------------------- > Time frame is the leadup to the Battle of Chickamauga. > > Dennis > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > ------------------------------- 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 ________________________________________________________________________ More new features than ever. Check out the new AOL Mail ! - http://webmail.aol.com

----- Original Message ----- From: <elb2186@aol.com> > ...If you know more than I do about Chickamauga, tell me whether Sept 10 > was a battle date... ------------------------------------------------------ Well, not a battle - Chickamauga was 19-20 Sep - but there was considerable skirmishing. Here's what I found so far: "Meanwhile, in Georgia, Federals operated from Alpine toward Rome, La Fayette, and Summerville, probing Confederate positions south of Chattanooga. Bragg had ordered an attack on isolated Federal forces in McLemore's Cove, but it failed to materialize. Skirmishing occurred at Summerville, Pea Vine Creek, and near Graysville." (E. B. Long, "The Civil War Day," Doubleday, Garden City NY, 1971) "Forrest's rear guard reported that Crittenden was marching rapidly on Ringgold. Early on the morning of 10 September, troopers from the First Tennessee Cavalry has stampeded Polk's bivouac, claiming that the pursuing Federals were only a mile and a half away. The story proved false..." (Peter Cozzens, "This Terrible Sound: The Battle of Chickamauga", Univ of IL, Urbana, 1992). Correspondance on 9/10/1863 from Gen. Polk's HQ in the OR shows a dateline of "Near Snow Hill"; seems a good chance the 1st was within a couple miles of there as well. Might be able to find it in the OR Atlas, but it'll be after New Year's before I can get to mine which is packed away due Xmas decorations. Dennis