This is Louise - not Leslie. My cousin, Charlie C. Carlson, has written a book, "The First Florida Cavalry Regiment, CSA" , publshed by Luthers Publishing, 1009 North Dixie Freeway, New Smyrna Beach, Florida 321680 Our grandfather, William Charles Hawkins was in this unit. Amon L. Barnes is listed as a private in Company A. ----- Original Message ----- From: Jim Pena <jpena@jps.net> To: <FLSUWANN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2001 2:14 AM Subject: Re: [FLSUWANN] Suwannee Co. List of Soldiers > Hi Leslie. What do you have on on my great uncle Ama(o)n Barnes. HE was in the > First CAv. > > Thanks > Jim > > Leslie Maddocks wrote: > > > I'm not Rick and he may also have this information, but in "Biographical > > Rosters of Florida's Confederate and Union Soldiers 1861-1865" by Hartman > > and Coles: First Florida Cavalry, Company E, Privates: Bryan, Benjamin R. > > (b. 3/21/45 Wayne Co. NC; m. Emma J. Gillyard 12/8/97; d 9/22/1923 Bradford > > Co.) lived in Bradford Co.and enlisted 11/14/61 in White Spring. He was > > present on the last roll and was hospitalized in Macon in mid 1864. He > > returned to duty 10/2/54 and was paroled in Thomasville GA 5/16/65. He was > > 5'5", light hair, blue eyes, fair skin. > > > > >From "Register of Florida CSA Pension Applications" by Virgil White > > #A02478 Bryan, B. R., 1st Reg Cav, Emma (Gillyard), Bradford Co, 1909, 18 > > pgs. > > > > The National Arichives has very little on the confederate soldiers. This > > information must be obtained from the state where they served or the state > > where they obtained their pension. You can order both the Service Record > > and the Pension File from the FL State Archives in Tallahassee for a nominal > > fee. The information regarding his personal appearance, I believe, appears > > in the Service Record. > > > > Leslie > > FL State Gen Soc > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Scott & Charlene Riva <scriva@peoplepc.com> > > To: FLSUWANN-L@rootsweb.com <FLSUWANN-L@rootsweb.com> > > Date: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 9:12 PM > > Subject: [FLSUWANN] Suwannee Co. List of Soldiers > > > > >Hi Rick, > > >Would you be willing to look up Benjamin BRYAN in the book of soldiers from > > Suwannee Co? I have seen several mentions of him on rosters and othjer > > "lists" but no record can be found in the Nat'l Archives. I have not > > searched Tallahassee yet. He was from Wellborn. Thanks. > > > > > >Charlene > > > > > > > > >============================== > > >Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > > >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > > > > > > > ============================== > > Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist2.asp > > Search over 2500 databases with one easy query! > > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com >