here are some official look up links US Army War College: Carlisle Barracks website. The URL is-- http://carlisle-ww.army.mil/usamhi/CivilWar/CWUnits/al.cs/ http://genealogy.traveller.com/genealogy/civilwar.htm http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/ http://www.cwc.lsu.edu/index.htm http://www.cwc.lsu.edu/links/cwsunifo.htm This website has a pot full of links http://members.aol.com/jweaver300/grayson/link.htm Danville is where Jeff Davis moved the Confederate Capitol after Richmond was invaded. There is a great Danville site with pictures, but can't find it now. josie At 12:55 PM 12/17/98 -0800, you wrote: > >Hi, I just joined the list and had a question or two about records. >One of the brother's of my direct ancestor died (as far as I can >tell) at Danville, VA. The information I have is as follows: > >Samuel ZEIGLER/ZIEGLER (Co. C, 65th O.V.I), captured at Stone River >31 Dec 1862. According to Ohio Civil War records, he died in a Rebel >Prison in Danville, VA on 24 Jan 1864. His federal service records >only had that he died as a prisoner of war. I have had a difficult >time finding out what records (if any) still exist for Danville and >who holds them. I would appreciate any information people might have >on Danville. > >Also, since Samuel died single and his mother had already passed away, >there is no pension record for him. Does anyone know of other records >(perhaps payments, notification letters) that might exist in government >archives that would have been generated by his death? > >I am also interested in sources of information for two of Samuel's >first cousins. One was Ransom ZEIGLER who according to the information >passed down by his sister's family died in Andersonville prison. The >other is John J. ZEIGLER who died (as a guard?) at Johnson's Island, Ohio. > > >Thanks in advance for any assistance. > > - Mike White > > >[NOTE: variants on the spelling on the surname include the more usual: > ZEIGLER/ZIEGLER/ZIGLER; as well as SEIGLER/SIEGLER/SIGLER and > on rare occasions ZEICHLER and TIGLER (the T being a common > misreading of a Z when transcribing the originals).] > > > jbass@digital.net 216 Beach Park Lane Cape Canaveral, FL 32920-5003 Home of The *HARRISON* Repository & *MY FAMILY* http://moon.ouhsc.edu/rbonner/harintro.htm My Family WWW: http://moon.ouhsc.edu/rbonner/index.htm LINDSAY & HARRISON Surnames & CSA-HISTORY Roots Mail List Data Managed by beautiful daughter Becky Bass Bonner and me, Josephine Lindsay Bass