Looked in the records and found an Alfred M. Colbert who initially enlisted in GA 20th, Co F on July 6, 1861. Transferred to GA 28th, Co F in 1862. Does not list death for this person. Did not find an Alexander Colbert for Cherokee County. Don Pruitt ----- Original Message ----- From: <PogosBill@aol.com> To: <GACHEROK-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2006 5:22 PM Subject: Re: [GACHEROK-L] Civil War Monuments > Alexander Colbert joined in Cherokee County...was sent to VA with the 20th > GA Infantry. He died within six months of joining at the Culpepper > Courthouse > in VA. It had been turned into a troup hospital. He died of Typhoid. > This > was in 1861 and I doubt his widow had the money to bring him home. I > guess > they just buried them in a field nearby. Just was wondering if any > markers > were around to show where they were buried....typhoid took so many lives, > I am > sure it was among many others who died there. > > > ==== GACHEROK Mailing List ==== > GACHEROK-L mailing list archives. Search by name, etc. > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=GACHEROK > RootsWeb Threaded Mailing List Archives. > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/archives/ > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >