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Unsubscribe -----Original message----- From: fl-olustee-battle-kin-request@rootsweb.com To: fl-olustee-battle-kin@rootsweb.com Sent: Tue, Jul 31, 2012 07:01:05 GMT+00:00 Subject: FL-OLUSTEE-BATTLE-KIN Digest, Vol 4, Issue 1 Today's Topics: 1. List Admin Post - Please Read (Dee Pavey) 2. Re: List Admin Post - Please Read (Kevin Frye) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2012 15:47:27 -0400 From: Dee Pavey <dee.pavey@insightbb.com> Subject: [FL-OLUSTEE-BATTLE-KIN] List Admin Post - Please Read To: fl-olustee-battle-kin-l@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <B8B315D4-B5E4-4C21-8D91-1B89E157C4A2@insightbb.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Hi everyone! My name is Dee and I'm the admin for this list. Please take a minute to review our list guidelines (what few we have) at http://www.genlady.com/2000/07/30/mail-list-guidelines If you ever have any questions about the list, please feel free to contact me privately. Have a wonderful day! Happy Hunting! Dee GenLady http://www.genlady.com Kentuckiana Genealogy http://www.kentuckianagenealogy.org ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2012 14:59:04 -0700 From: "Kevin Frye" <frye@pstel.net> Subject: Re: [FL-OLUSTEE-BATTLE-KIN] List Admin Post - Please Read To: <fl-olustee-battle-kin@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <20120730145904.A24AAEBE@resin11.mta.everyone.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Hi Dee, My name is Kevin and I am the list administrator for the ANDERSONVILLE@rootsweb.com . Although I am no longer a volunteer for the National Park Service at Andersonville I have copies of the historic sites databases and I still do lookups and research FREE for the asking. The Andersonville records show 310 Federal prisoners who were captured at Olustee brought to Andersonville and held as POW. Please let me know if I can help you or any of your members in your Andersonville research. Kevin ANdersonville Rootsweb Administrator Andersonville Historian --- dee.pavey@insightbb.com wrote: From: Dee Pavey <dee.pavey@insightbb.com> To: fl-olustee-battle-kin-l@rootsweb.com Subject: [FL-OLUSTEE-BATTLE-KIN] List Admin Post - Please Read Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2012 15:47:27 -0400 Hi everyone! My name is Dee and I'm the admin for this list. Please take a minute to review our list guidelines (what few we have) at http://www.genlady.com/2000/07/30/mail-list-guidelines If you ever have any questions about the list, please feel free to contact me privately. Have a wonderful day! Happy Hunting! Dee GenLady http://www.genlady.com Kentuckiana Genealogy http://www.kentuckianagenealogy.org ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FL-OLUSTEE-BATTLE-KIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------ To contact the FL-OLUSTEE-BATTLE-KIN list administrator, send an email to FL-OLUSTEE-BATTLE-KIN-admin@rootsweb.com. To post a message to the FL-OLUSTEE-BATTLE-KIN mailing list, send an email to FL-OLUSTEE-BATTLE-KIN@rootsweb.com. __________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FL-OLUSTEE-BATTLE-KIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the email with no additional text. End of FL-OLUSTEE-BATTLE-KIN Digest, Vol 4, Issue 1 ***************************************************

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Hi Dee, My name is Kevin and I am the list administrator for the ANDERSONVILLE@rootsweb.com . Although I am no longer a volunteer for the National Park Service at Andersonville I have copies of the historic sites databases and I still do lookups and research FREE for the asking. The Andersonville records show 310 Federal prisoners who were captured at Olustee brought to Andersonville and held as POW. Please let me know if I can help you or any of your members in your Andersonville research. Kevin ANdersonville Rootsweb Administrator Andersonville Historian --- dee.pavey@insightbb.com wrote: From: Dee Pavey <dee.pavey@insightbb.com> To: fl-olustee-battle-kin-l@rootsweb.com Subject: [FL-OLUSTEE-BATTLE-KIN] List Admin Post - Please Read Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2012 15:47:27 -0400 Hi everyone! My name is Dee and I'm the admin for this list. Please take a minute to review our list guidelines (what few we have) at http://www.genlady.com/2000/07/30/mail-list-guidelines If you ever have any questions about the list, please feel free to contact me privately. Have a wonderful day! Happy Hunting! Dee GenLady http://www.genlady.com Kentuckiana Genealogy http://www.kentuckianagenealogy.org ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FL-OLUSTEE-BATTLE-KIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Dear List, http://military.evendon.com <http://military.evendon.com/> includes links to all of our military books. Recently added are rolls from Florida's soldiers in the Seminole War, the Civil War, and the Spanish American War: http://www.evendon.net/PGHLookups/FLWar1855-98M.htm and the history of The US Marine Corp's Air Force: http://www.evendon.net/PGHLookups/MarineAirWW2M.htm Everything on our site is free and permanent. We need and appreciate your support, both financial and in letting others know about our site. Eve and Don Krieger Pittsburgh, PA http://www.evendon.com akadonnew@verizon.net P.S. Be sure to check out our directories military books, census pages, and our "small books," all from our front page at http://www.evendon.com

Hello. My name is Kelley -- I recently completed my Masters degree and am going to law school this fall here in Washington, D.C. School is expensive and I could use some extra money to pay for tuition and loans, so I am offering to do military research at the National Archives (service files, pension files, etc). Generally, a request for this kind of information takes the Archives several months, at a minimum, to process. I can retrieve them much faster and also give you someone to interact with instead of a government form. My fees are reasonable, intended to compensate me for my time, printing costs and postage for what I'll send back to you. The Archives offers extended hours once a month, so I would be doing research over the course of three days each month, and I am more than happy to send you a schedule. If you are interested, please just email me at texlabooks@gmail.com Take care. Kelley

Time for Hands-On Preservation with Park Day 2007 The Civil War Preservation Trust and the History Channel are once again sponsoring our 11th Annual Park Day! On Saturday, April 7, 2007, volunteers throughout the country will work together to clean and repair the grounds at over 100 Civil War sites. Last year, approximately 4,000 volunteers played a vital role in sustaining these parks, providing more than 12,000 hours of service. Helping hands are needed everywhere for a wide variety of short and long term projects, providing interesting and rewarding volunteer opportunities for individuals, couples, schools, families, corporations, citizen groups and service organizations. Clubs and organizations can help with specific park improvements: trail renovation, tree planting, stream restoration, litter cleanup, minor repairs and more. The event is also perfect for Scout troop service projects or corporate team-building efforts. Without the help of volunteers, trash accumulates in these natural areas, harming wildlife, polluting lakes and rivers, and detracting from the beauty of your community. This event is a fun and effective way to improve the natural environment in your local community. Thanks to your donated time and skills, your favorite state park can see improvements now instead of sometime in the future. At each site, volunteers will get a free t-shirt and have the opportunity to hear historians tell them about the land they are helping to preserve. Plan to join fellow preservationists on Saturday, April 7, 2007 at a site near you for a day of history and hard work. Civilwar.org Cut and paste the url above for contact info for your state. Click on "Park Day" on the right hand side of the webpage Then scroll down to the bottom and click on the link to take you to the info for each state. If anyone has a problem please let me know and I'll send you the direct link and assist you as much as possible. ************************************** AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com.

Hey Gang, Just a short reminder to let the vets and newbies at this site of my free research for the asking here at Andersonville Civil War Prisoner of War site. There are more than 41000 Union soldiers on record from all states of which 305 are on record as being captured at Olustee. Please email me directly at Frye@pstel.net with request so we dont tie up the this posting site. Thanks Kevin Frye Andersonville Historic Site Historian / NPS Volunteer www.angelfire.com/ga2/Andersonvilleprison/

Thanks so much Richard for this very helpful information. Mary-Deirdre ------ Original Message ------ Received: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 02:39:47 AM EDT From: Richard White <rw@pone.com> To: fl-olustee-battle-kin@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [FL-OLUSTEE-BATTLE-KIN] 48th NY infantry Co C - Thomas Parrott > > Mary (and anyone else in a similar situation).. > > In the 1860s and long after that, Florida was about the tail end of > nowhere. There are very few marked individual Confederate graves in > Florida and there was also a general dearth of record-keeping in the > area. With Florida battles such as Olustee, Marianna and Natural > Bridge, Union units that might be thought of as generally having better > records, were hampered by campaigns a considerable distance from any > really secure Federal area and rapid retrograde operations after the > battles. In spite of any intentions that Union forces may have had of > occupying areas they moved into during these campaigns, that just didn't > happen. So, the Confederates held the fields after the battles and they > had little capacity to record their own burials much less of any Union > casualties left on the field. They didn't even necessarily remain in > the battle areas in significant force for very long. They were > defending large areas of territory and considerable mobility was often > involved. But specifically as to Olustee, it is a matter of record that > the Union casualties buried by the Confederates were not identified, not > even one of the field grade Union officers. Further, it is recorded > that the Union graves at Olustee were shallow and that the bodies were > rooted out by hogs, which was not a situation unique to Olustee. After > the war a detail of the 7th U.S. Infantry gathered up and re-interred > what bones they could find, and there is a single monument because there > was a single burial site (this is not unique to Olustee either, and > example of mass graves of Confederates... not battle casualties but > deaths during imprisonment... include those at Chicago, IL, and Point > Lookout, MD). More unclear (to me at least) is what happened to > Confederate burials at the battlefield. Lt. Hoffman of the 7th U.S. > Infantry mentioned Confederate graves (undisturbed as of that time) on > the other side of the railroad in his report about the re-interrment of > the Union casualties. There seems to be a belief that those > Confederates were later reinterred at Lake City, but I have seen no > historical documentation of that as fact. If anyone has, I would love > to see a citation of the source. > > Richard White > Tallahassee, Florida > > middletownpair wrote: > > >Hi, > > > >My relative was Denis (Dennis, Dinis) Monks who was born in Ireland in 1844 > >and records from the National Archives show he enlisted as a private in Co. E, > >Enfans Perdus Infantry Regiment, New York, in June 1862. That Regiment was > >merged with the 47th and 48th New York Regiments 30 January 1864. Research > >shows that Dennie was not among the muster lists for the 48th so he must have > >been joined with the 47th. However, I have not located a history of the 47th. > >Subsequent information indicated he died in the Battle of Olustee, Florida on > >Feb. 20 1864. > > > >I have visited the Battle site and was disappointed becasue there are no grave > >markers and only a monument to all who died there. I have a copy of a letter > >he wrote to his mother from Richmond VA. shortly before his death. > > > >Mary-Deirdre Coraggio > > > > > >------ Original Message ------ > >Received: Fri, 20 Oct 2006 01:34:51 PM EDT > >From: S&P Darcey <darce@execulink.com> > >To: fl-olustee-battle-kin@rootsweb.com > >Subject: [FL-OLUSTEE-BATTLE-KIN] 48th NY infantry Co C - Thomas Parrott > > > > > > > >>I am reposting my original query with a new subject line as I figured > >>the old one did not draw any attention to my question. I did have a > >>response from Richard White with a lot of great information. My thanks > >>to him. > >>I joined this list 2 year ago when I learned that a relative of > >>my husband was killed at the battle of Olustee. I happened to go and > >>search the archives of this list and it appears that there has not been > >>very much activity. I'm surprised also when you consider the size of the > >>battle and its casualties. > >>My husbands relative was Thomas Parrott who was born in Canada. In > >>1862, when he was 18 years old he was living in Brooklyn > >>and he joined the 48th NY infantry. He was killed at age 20 at the > >>Battle of Olustee in 1864. I have been trying to find his burial site > >>and it is beginning to look like he is probably in a mass grave > >>somewhere if it was even recovered at all. His name is mentioned in > >>the booklet of the "Union Casualities" from the friends of Olustee but > >>it simply says "killed" so I don't know if he lived very long after the > >>battle or was dead on the field. Copies of the roll call from NARA > >>showed he was missing for a couple of days and then a final roll call > >>remarked that he "died of wounds received in the battle of Olustee Fla > >>Feb 20, 1864". But again it did not say if he had lived after the > >>battle. Too much information to hope for, I guess. > >>Washington information was very informative and not too expensive. They > >>supplied > >>me with copies of some interesting documents regarding his enlistment. > >> > >>If anyone ever sees the name Thomas Parrott on any grave site I would > >>appreciate hearing about it. > >> > >>Sharon in London Ontario Canada > >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FL-OLUSTEE-BATTLE-KIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Mary (and anyone else in a similar situation).. In the 1860s and long after that, Florida was about the tail end of nowhere. There are very few marked individual Confederate graves in Florida and there was also a general dearth of record-keeping in the area. With Florida battles such as Olustee, Marianna and Natural Bridge, Union units that might be thought of as generally having better records, were hampered by campaigns a considerable distance from any really secure Federal area and rapid retrograde operations after the battles. In spite of any intentions that Union forces may have had of occupying areas they moved into during these campaigns, that just didn't happen. So, the Confederates held the fields after the battles and they had little capacity to record their own burials much less of any Union casualties left on the field. They didn't even necessarily remain in the battle areas in significant force for very long. They were defending large areas of territory and considerable mobility was often involved. But specifically as to Olustee, it is a matter of record that the Union casualties buried by the Confederates were not identified, not even one of the field grade Union officers. Further, it is recorded that the Union graves at Olustee were shallow and that the bodies were rooted out by hogs, which was not a situation unique to Olustee. After the war a detail of the 7th U.S. Infantry gathered up and re-interred what bones they could find, and there is a single monument because there was a single burial site (this is not unique to Olustee either, and example of mass graves of Confederates... not battle casualties but deaths during imprisonment... include those at Chicago, IL, and Point Lookout, MD). More unclear (to me at least) is what happened to Confederate burials at the battlefield. Lt. Hoffman of the 7th U.S. Infantry mentioned Confederate graves (undisturbed as of that time) on the other side of the railroad in his report about the re-interrment of the Union casualties. There seems to be a belief that those Confederates were later reinterred at Lake City, but I have seen no historical documentation of that as fact. If anyone has, I would love to see a citation of the source. Richard White Tallahassee, Florida middletownpair wrote: >Hi, > >My relative was Denis (Dennis, Dinis) Monks who was born in Ireland in 1844 >and records from the National Archives show he enlisted as a private in Co. E, >Enfans Perdus Infantry Regiment, New York, in June 1862. That Regiment was >merged with the 47th and 48th New York Regiments 30 January 1864. Research >shows that Dennie was not among the muster lists for the 48th so he must have >been joined with the 47th. However, I have not located a history of the 47th. >Subsequent information indicated he died in the Battle of Olustee, Florida on >Feb. 20 1864. > >I have visited the Battle site and was disappointed becasue there are no grave >markers and only a monument to all who died there. I have a copy of a letter >he wrote to his mother from Richmond VA. shortly before his death. > >Mary-Deirdre Coraggio > > >------ Original Message ------ >Received: Fri, 20 Oct 2006 01:34:51 PM EDT >From: S&P Darcey <darce@execulink.com> >To: fl-olustee-battle-kin@rootsweb.com >Subject: [FL-OLUSTEE-BATTLE-KIN] 48th NY infantry Co C - Thomas Parrott > > > >>I am reposting my original query with a new subject line as I figured >>the old one did not draw any attention to my question. I did have a >>response from Richard White with a lot of great information. My thanks >>to him. >>I joined this list 2 year ago when I learned that a relative of >>my husband was killed at the battle of Olustee. I happened to go and >>search the archives of this list and it appears that there has not been >>very much activity. I'm surprised also when you consider the size of the >>battle and its casualties. >>My husbands relative was Thomas Parrott who was born in Canada. In >>1862, when he was 18 years old he was living in Brooklyn >>and he joined the 48th NY infantry. He was killed at age 20 at the >>Battle of Olustee in 1864. I have been trying to find his burial site >>and it is beginning to look like he is probably in a mass grave >>somewhere if it was even recovered at all. His name is mentioned in >>the booklet of the "Union Casualities" from the friends of Olustee but >>it simply says "killed" so I don't know if he lived very long after the >>battle or was dead on the field. Copies of the roll call from NARA >>showed he was missing for a couple of days and then a final roll call >>remarked that he "died of wounds received in the battle of Olustee Fla >>Feb 20, 1864". But again it did not say if he had lived after the >>battle. Too much information to hope for, I guess. >>Washington information was very informative and not too expensive. They >>supplied >>me with copies of some interesting documents regarding his enlistment. >> >>If anyone ever sees the name Thomas Parrott on any grave site I would >>appreciate hearing about it. >> >>Sharon in London Ontario Canada >>

This message is for MaryDeirdre: I have the book "The Union Roll of Honor" from the Olustee Battlefield Citizens Support Org. In it I found Dennis Monks, Pvt A Co, status Killed, attached to Batt M 1st US Arty. This was referenced from "Annual Report of the Adjutant General of the States of New York for the Year 1898". The write-up information on the page is as follows: FIRST NEW YORK ENGINEERS The first Regiment New York Volunteer Engineers or Serrell's Engineers was organized in New York and four companies came from New Jersey. The regiment became the 10th Corps Engineers in the Department of the South. They served throughout the east coast from South Carolina to Florida. The men wounded at Olustee were on detached service with Battery M, 1st US Artillery. There was no official count due to unit being detached. Our count : 4 killed and 2 captured.

Hi, My relative was Denis (Dennis, Dinis) Monks who was born in Ireland in 1844 and records from the National Archives show he enlisted as a private in Co. E, Enfans Perdus Infantry Regiment, New York, in June 1862. That Regiment was merged with the 47th and 48th New York Regiments 30 January 1864. Research shows that Dennie was not among the muster lists for the 48th so he must have been joined with the 47th. However, I have not located a history of the 47th. Subsequent information indicated he died in the Battle of Olustee, Florida on Feb. 20 1864. I have visited the Battle site and was disappointed becasue there are no grave markers and only a monument to all who died there. I have a copy of a letter he wrote to his mother from Richmond VA. shortly before his death. Mary-Deirdre Coraggio ------ Original Message ------ Received: Fri, 20 Oct 2006 01:34:51 PM EDT From: S&P Darcey <darce@execulink.com> To: fl-olustee-battle-kin@rootsweb.com Subject: [FL-OLUSTEE-BATTLE-KIN] 48th NY infantry Co C - Thomas Parrott > I am reposting my original query with a new subject line as I figured > the old one did not draw any attention to my question. I did have a > response from Richard White with a lot of great information. My thanks > to him. > I joined this list 2 year ago when I learned that a relative of > my husband was killed at the battle of Olustee. I happened to go and > search the archives of this list and it appears that there has not been > very much activity. I'm surprised also when you consider the size of the > battle and its casualties. > My husbands relative was Thomas Parrott who was born in Canada. In > 1862, when he was 18 years old he was living in Brooklyn > and he joined the 48th NY infantry. He was killed at age 20 at the > Battle of Olustee in 1864. I have been trying to find his burial site > and it is beginning to look like he is probably in a mass grave > somewhere if it was even recovered at all. His name is mentioned in > the booklet of the "Union Casualities" from the friends of Olustee but > it simply says "killed" so I don't know if he lived very long after the > battle or was dead on the field. Copies of the roll call from NARA > showed he was missing for a couple of days and then a final roll call > remarked that he "died of wounds received in the battle of Olustee Fla > Feb 20, 1864". But again it did not say if he had lived after the > battle. Too much information to hope for, I guess. > Washington information was very informative and not too expensive. They > supplied > me with copies of some interesting documents regarding his enlistment. > > If anyone ever sees the name Thomas Parrott on any grave site I would > appreciate hearing about it. > > Sharon in London Ontario Canada > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FL-OLUSTEE-BATTLE-KIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

I came across this interesting note in an excerpt from a book out on Amazon. The book is called "Friendly Fire in the Civil War: More than 100 True Stories of Comrade Killing Comrade. What caught my eye was an excerpt from the book because I saw that Olustee was mentioned. The excerpt is from page 134 continuing on 135. A Virginia veteran reported that the "Negro" troops were being shot at by both the Confederate troops and the Yankee Officers when they attempted to flee. The author believes that this accusation was correct. He states that the officers, typically non commissioned officers ran alongside the troops with "pistols drawn". These officers were referred to as "file closers". The author indicates that this was known to happen but file closers are rarely mentioned in writing. I am no expert on Civil War history and practises but I had not heard the term file closer before. L. Jurss Great Great Granddaughter of John Bryant Lynn Infantry, Fall of 1861 Gambles Light Artillary 1862 Struck by a spent ball at Olustee Feb 20, 1864 Surrendered honorably after General Lee at Tallahassee on May 10, 1865

I can't remember the last time anyone used this list either. I don't exactly know why. Here's a story for you all: My son-in-law, daughter and their two daughters are Civil War Re-enactors living in Florida. Keith participates every year in the recreation of Olustee and has been doing so for upwards of a dozen years or more. The festival of rememberance of the Battle of Olustee has grown from a squirimish in a scrubby forest to a well organized and attended annual affair. Keith ("the" son-in-law) switches back and forth between a Northern soldier to a Southern soldier in all the re-enactments he participates in, especially Olustee. He was born and raised in the South, BUT through his marriage to my daughter he now has Northern interests too. Pvt. John H. Harriman enlisted on 30 Sep 1863 at the age of 30, as a substitute, 7th NH, Infantry. He was captured at Olustee on 20 Feb 1864. John was my great-uncle and the eldest of three brothers to enlist, my great-grandfather being the youngest of the trio. My father died this past year at age 93 and he remembered his grandfather's family well. Daddy has two sisters and a brother (out of 15 children) still living. The family knows the history of the HARRIMAN brothers well, and we should expect that to be the case. John did not make it out of Andersonville and became a victim of disease on 4 Aug 1864. The family was notified (records lost) that he was buried at Andersonville. Back to "the" son-in-law: Keith finally got to re-enact the part of my Great-uncle John. He was at a loss of words to describe all his see-saw feelings as he made his way though the battle plan for the 7th NH Inf. He was indeed reliving all the fears, agonies and doubts experienced by Uncle John on that fateful day he was captured. Keith relates that playing the part of Pvt. John Harriman really brought to life the realities of Olustee. I now live in Georgia and have been to Andersonville many times. About 20 years ago, before the present beautiful museum to prisoners of war was built, I spent a lot of time searching the records (no computers back then !) for Uncle John as the Andersonville people did not show him as dying there. I found his name misspelled in the records and pointed it out to the people there at the time. They agreed and afterwards so stated in their literature that he did die and was buried there. Then one day, many years later, the records suddenly changed to reflect their now position of "reported to have died at Andersonville". When I contacted them to find out why the change, they stated that by declaring the listing I had found as being my Great-Uncle John's I might be denying some other family their loved one. So, I guess we have to live with that; and, I can understand their reasoning too. Olustee is located in the middle of nowhere in Northern Florida and that feeling of isolation you get there makes the event even more real. If you ever get south you would enjoy the re-enactment. Florida has a strong contingency of re-enactors and they are a very active group. As a group we find them congenial, relaxed and family oriented by nature. They love their "camp out" time and bring along the kids, pets and grandparents too; Their trailers all pulled in a circle with a campfire raging in the center. Hope you enjoyed my story ! Joy Wiggin-Robbins My Echo, My Shadow, And Me ----- Original Message ----- From: <fl-olustee-battle-kin-request@rootsweb.com> To: <fl-olustee-battle-kin@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, October 21, 2006 3:10 AM Subject: FL-OLUSTEE-BATTLE-KIN Digest, Vol 1, Issue 2> > Today's Topics: > > 1. 48th NY infantry Co C - Thomas Parrott (S&P Darcey) > 2. Re: 48th NY infantry Co C - Thomas Parrott (RTuckr0527@aol.com) > 3. Re: 48th NY infantry Co C - Thomas Parrott (jhewitt55@aol.com) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2006 13:34:28 -0400 > From: S&P Darcey <darce@execulink.com> > Subject: [FL-OLUSTEE-BATTLE-KIN] 48th NY infantry Co C - Thomas > Parrott > To: fl-olustee-battle-kin@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <453908A4.3090107@execulink.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > I am reposting my original query with a new subject line as I figured > the old one did not draw any attention to my question. I did have a > response from Richard White with a lot of great information. My thanks > to him. > I joined this list 2 year ago when I learned that a relative of > my husband was killed at the battle of Olustee. I happened to go and > search the archives of this list and it appears that there has not been > very much activity. I'm surprised also when you consider the size of the > battle and its casualties. > My husbands relative was Thomas Parrott who was born in Canada. In > 1862, when he was 18 years old he was living in Brooklyn > and he joined the 48th NY infantry. He was killed at age 20 at the > Battle of Olustee in 1864. I have been trying to find his burial site > and it is beginning to look like he is probably in a mass grave > somewhere if it was even recovered at all. His name is mentioned in > the booklet of the "Union Casualities" from the friends of Olustee but > it simply says "killed" so I don't know if he lived very long after the > battle or was dead on the field. Copies of the roll call from NARA > showed he was missing for a couple of days and then a final roll call > remarked that he "died of wounds received in the battle of Olustee Fla > Feb 20, 1864". But again it did not say if he had lived after the > battle. Too much information to hope for, I guess. > Washington information was very informative and not too expensive. They > supplied > me with copies of some interesting documents regarding his enlistment. > > If anyone ever sees the name Thomas Parrott on any grave site I would > appreciate hearing about it. > > Sharon in London Ontario Canada > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2006 18:24:06 EDT > From: RTuckr0527@aol.com > Subject: Re: [FL-OLUSTEE-BATTLE-KIN] 48th NY infantry Co C - Thomas > Parrott > To: fl-olustee-battle-kin@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <46e.94eb52e.326aa686@aol.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > > In a message dated 10/20/06 1:35:10 PM Eastern Daylight Time, > darce@execulink.com writes: > > >> My husbands relative was Thomas Parrott who was born in Canada. In >> 1862, when he was 18 years old he was living in Brooklyn >> and he joined the 48th NY infantry. He was killed at age 20 at the >> Battle of Olustee in 1864. I have been trying to find his burial site >> and it is beginning to look like he is probably in a mass grave >> somewhere if it was even recovered at all. His name is mentioned in >> the booklet of the "Union Casualities" from the friends of Olustee but >> it simply says "killed" so I don't know if he lived very long after the >> battle or was dead on the field. Copies of the roll call from NARA >> showed he was missing for a couple of days and then a final roll call >> remarked that he "died of wounds received in the battle of Olustee Fla >> Feb 20, 1864". But again it did not say if he had lived after the >> battle. Too much information to hope for, I guess. >> Washington information was very informative and not too expensive. They >> supplied >> me with copies of some interesting documents regarding his enlistment. >> >> If anyone ever sees the name Thomas Parrott on any grave site I would >> appreciate hearing about it. > > Sharon, > > I don't have the Union Rolls of those killed at Olustee. > > Some Union soldiers were buried in a mass grave at the Olustee > Battlefield. > History reports that most were removed and placed into some of the Union > Cemeteries up north. God only knows if the graves were really marked or > not. > Research some of the National Cemeteries in the southeast, some have > online > records. > > Robert Tucker > > Robert Tucker > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2006 19:50:29 -0400 > From: jhewitt55@aol.com > Subject: Re: [FL-OLUSTEE-BATTLE-KIN] 48th NY infantry Co C - Thomas > Parrott > To: fl-olustee-battle-kin@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <8C8C2B9A8A72277-9AC-6C01@FWM-D37.sysops.aol.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Another possibility is that MAYBE he was carried to a local church etc > cemetery that may of been there at that time, look for a cemetery book for > that county, and maybe neighboring counties, he may be very well buried in > a local cemetery not far from the battle field, I recollect reading that > the grave/mass etc was shallow at first and wild hogs wrecked havok of it. > > Joel Newbern Hewitt > Descendant of Clinch 4th Ga Cav that fought there. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: RTuckr0527@aol.com > To: fl-olustee-battle-kin@rootsweb.com > Sent: Fri, 20 Oct 2006 6:24 PM > Subject: Re: [FL-OLUSTEE-BATTLE-KIN] 48th NY infantry Co C - Thomas > Parrott > > > In a message dated 10/20/06 1:35:10 PM Eastern Daylight Time, > darce@execulink.com writes: > > >> My husbands relative was Thomas Parrott who was born in Canada. In >> 1862, when he was 18 years old he was living in Brooklyn >> and he joined the 48th NY infantry. He was killed at age 20 at the >> Battle of Olustee in 1864. I have been trying to find his burial site >> and it is beginning to look like he is probably in a mass grave >> somewhere if it was even recovered at all. His name is mentioned in >> the booklet of the "Union Casualities" from the friends of Olustee but >> it simply says "killed" so I don't know if he lived very long after the >> battle or was dead on the field. Copies of the roll call from NARA >> showed he was missing for a couple of days and then a final roll call >> remarked that he "died of wounds received in the battle of Olustee Fla >> Feb 20, 1864". But again it did not say if he had lived after the >> battle. Too much information to hope for, I guess. >> Washington information was very informative and not too expensive. They >> supplied >> me with copies of some interesting documents regarding his enlistment. >> >> If anyone ever sees the name Thomas Parrott on any grave site I would >> appreciate hearing about it. > > Sharon, > > I don't have the Union Rolls of those killed at Olustee. > > Some Union soldiers were buried in a mass grave at the Olustee > Battlefield. > History reports that most were removed and placed into some of the Union > Cemeteries up north. God only knows if the graves were really marked or > not. > Research some of the National Cemeteries in the southeast, some have > online > records. > > Robert Tucker > > Robert Tucker > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > FL-OLUSTEE-BATTLE-KIN-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body > of > the message > ________________________________________________________________________ > Check out the new AOL. 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Another possibility is that MAYBE he was carried to a local church etc cemetery that may of been there at that time, look for a cemetery book for that county, and maybe neighboring counties, he may be very well buried in a local cemetery not far from the battle field, I recollect reading that the grave/mass etc was shallow at first and wild hogs wrecked havok of it. Joel Newbern Hewitt Descendant of Clinch 4th Ga Cav that fought there. -----Original Message----- From: RTuckr0527@aol.com To: fl-olustee-battle-kin@rootsweb.com Sent: Fri, 20 Oct 2006 6:24 PM Subject: Re: [FL-OLUSTEE-BATTLE-KIN] 48th NY infantry Co C - Thomas Parrott In a message dated 10/20/06 1:35:10 PM Eastern Daylight Time, darce@execulink.com writes: > My husbands relative was Thomas Parrott who was born in Canada. In > 1862, when he was 18 years old he was living in Brooklyn > and he joined the 48th NY infantry. He was killed at age 20 at the > Battle of Olustee in 1864. I have been trying to find his burial site > and it is beginning to look like he is probably in a mass grave > somewhere if it was even recovered at all. His name is mentioned in > the booklet of the "Union Casualities" from the friends of Olustee but > it simply says "killed" so I don't know if he lived very long after the > battle or was dead on the field. Copies of the roll call from NARA > showed he was missing for a couple of days and then a final roll call > remarked that he "died of wounds received in the battle of Olustee Fla > Feb 20, 1864". But again it did not say if he had lived after the > battle. Too much information to hope for, I guess. > Washington information was very informative and not too expensive. They > supplied > me with copies of some interesting documents regarding his enlistment. > > If anyone ever sees the name Thomas Parrott on any grave site I would > appreciate hearing about it. Sharon, I don't have the Union Rolls of those killed at Olustee. Some Union soldiers were buried in a mass grave at the Olustee Battlefield. History reports that most were removed and placed into some of the Union Cemeteries up north. God only knows if the graves were really marked or not. Research some of the National Cemeteries in the southeast, some have online records. Robert Tucker Robert Tucker ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FL-OLUSTEE-BATTLE-KIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ________________________________________________________________________ Check out the new AOL. Most comprehensive set of free safety and security tools, free access to millions of high-quality videos from across the web, free AOL Mail and more.

In a message dated 10/20/06 1:35:10 PM Eastern Daylight Time, darce@execulink.com writes: > My husbands relative was Thomas Parrott who was born in Canada. In > 1862, when he was 18 years old he was living in Brooklyn > and he joined the 48th NY infantry. He was killed at age 20 at the > Battle of Olustee in 1864. I have been trying to find his burial site > and it is beginning to look like he is probably in a mass grave > somewhere if it was even recovered at all. His name is mentioned in > the booklet of the "Union Casualities" from the friends of Olustee but > it simply says "killed" so I don't know if he lived very long after the > battle or was dead on the field. Copies of the roll call from NARA > showed he was missing for a couple of days and then a final roll call > remarked that he "died of wounds received in the battle of Olustee Fla > Feb 20, 1864". But again it did not say if he had lived after the > battle. Too much information to hope for, I guess. > Washington information was very informative and not too expensive. They > supplied > me with copies of some interesting documents regarding his enlistment. > > If anyone ever sees the name Thomas Parrott on any grave site I would > appreciate hearing about it. Sharon, I don't have the Union Rolls of those killed at Olustee. Some Union soldiers were buried in a mass grave at the Olustee Battlefield. History reports that most were removed and placed into some of the Union Cemeteries up north. God only knows if the graves were really marked or not. Research some of the National Cemeteries in the southeast, some have online records. Robert Tucker Robert Tucker

I am reposting my original query with a new subject line as I figured the old one did not draw any attention to my question. I did have a response from Richard White with a lot of great information. My thanks to him. I joined this list 2 year ago when I learned that a relative of my husband was killed at the battle of Olustee. I happened to go and search the archives of this list and it appears that there has not been very much activity. I'm surprised also when you consider the size of the battle and its casualties. My husbands relative was Thomas Parrott who was born in Canada. In 1862, when he was 18 years old he was living in Brooklyn and he joined the 48th NY infantry. He was killed at age 20 at the Battle of Olustee in 1864. I have been trying to find his burial site and it is beginning to look like he is probably in a mass grave somewhere if it was even recovered at all. His name is mentioned in the booklet of the "Union Casualities" from the friends of Olustee but it simply says "killed" so I don't know if he lived very long after the battle or was dead on the field. Copies of the roll call from NARA showed he was missing for a couple of days and then a final roll call remarked that he "died of wounds received in the battle of Olustee Fla Feb 20, 1864". But again it did not say if he had lived after the battle. Too much information to hope for, I guess. Washington information was very informative and not too expensive. They supplied me with copies of some interesting documents regarding his enlistment. If anyone ever sees the name Thomas Parrott on any grave site I would appreciate hearing about it. Sharon in London Ontario Canada