You are correct Jim; He was paroled in 1865. Sometimes my fingers have a mind of there own and don't follow my brain. My Morgan family migrated from Rowan County, North Carolina. Don Coatney ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Gilmer" <jimgilmer@alaweb.com> To: <CIVIL-WAR-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, July 05, 2003 11:15 AM Subject: Re: Re: [CIVIL-WAR] July 4th 1863 > Don, > > Thanks for the explanation; but would his date of parole been Feb 27, 1865, > instead of Feb 27, 1864? The Atlanta Campaign was May thru September, 1864. > > The story of your grandfather's death from ills contracted as a POW was > repeated many thousands fold, both for union and confederate soldiers. > > Your grandfather was from Indiana. I think about all the families that > migrated to Indiana from the Carolinas, Virginia, etc., leaving other > branches of their families there, and generations later, the same families > are fighting each other in the civil war. > > Jim Gilmer > > -------Original Message------- > > From: CIVIL-WAR-L@rootsweb.com > Date: Saturday, July 05, 2003 10:50:49 AM > To: CIVIL-WAR-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: Re: [CIVIL-WAR] July 4th 1863 > > Jim; > First I need to make a correction. There was no date on this letter and I > made the assumption that it was written in 1863. I was wrong. It was written > in 1864. Eighteen days after this letter was written William was captured by > the rebels near Atlanta and sent to Andersonville. He survived life at > Andersonville and was sent to Florence. He was released on parole February > 27, 1864. Received his discharge on June 10, 1865. He died March 19, 1868 > never having fully recovered from the ills acquired as a POW. Fortunately my > Grandmother was born on April 29, 1866. If not for this birth I would not be > here writing this letter. > Don Coatney > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jim Gilmer" <jimgilmer@alaweb.com> > To: <CIVIL-WAR-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, July 04, 2003 8:37 PM > Subject: Fw: Re: [CIVIL-WAR] July 4th 1863 > > > > > > > > > > Don, > > > > I appreciate your posting your G Grandfather's letter about the July 4th > > 1863 message. While at the site, I read all the other letters of your g > > grandfather William Curtis Morgan. Did he ever get to Atlanta??? > > > > Jim Gilmer > > > > -------Original Message------- > > > > From: CIVIL-WAR-L@rootsweb.com > > Date: Friday, July 04, 2003 02:23:30 PM > > To: CIVIL-WAR-L@rootsweb.com > > Subject: [CIVIL-WAR] July 4th 1863 > > > > For a July 4th message written in 1863 go to this URL. This letter was > > written by my G Grandfather William Curtis Morgan to his wife Mary > Townsend > > Morgan. William Curtis Morgan was in the Indiana 53rd Volunteers. > > > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=message&r=rw&p=topics.Military > > united-20-states.civwar.letters&m=17 > > > > Don Coatney > > > > > > > > ==== 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 > > > > . > > > > > > ==== 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 > > > > > ==== 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 > > . > > > ==== 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 >