This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.families.aol.com/mbexec/msg/an/BOY.2ACIB/123.133.156.1.2 Message Board Post: My William L. Gates was in the Civil War, he had brothers, but I do not recognize the name of Thomas. My Gates in the Civil War were from Clarke County, AL.