Rick Is his name D W Platts? If you are unaware of this site, you can search here (I searched for Platt): http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/prisoners.htm Side Union Unit Name 127 Illinois Regiment 127 State Illinois Function Unknown Company F Rank Private Type Held at Andersonville and survived Capture Date Unknown Capture Site Unknown Alternate Name None Remarks EXCHANGED APRIL 1, 1865 -- Thanks, John Ellingsworth http://ellingsworth.org/john/ PGP Public Keyring: http://ellingsworth.org/pubring.pkr "John Ellingsworth" <newsgroup@ellingsworth.org>