The Confederate Research Center (Now the Harold B. Simpson Historical complex Researh Center) PO Box 619, Hillsboro, TX 76645. PH. 254-582-2555 Ext. 242 has an extensive collection of over 5000 volumes plus extensive archives dealing with the Civil War. I believe they still do research for a reasonable fee. The contact person used to be Mrs Peggy Fox. If you send them the information regarding the person you are interested in, they may be able to help you http://www.gen.1starnet.com/civilwar/crsmain.htm will take you to their website. JoAn C. Dean _________________________________________________________________ Instant message with integrated webcam using MSN Messenger 6.0. Try it now FREE! http://msnmessenger-download.com