Some time ago someone asked the location of Island No 10 near New Madrid, MO. And of course Old Man River being as cantankerous as many of us gray beards has taken Island No. 10 away. However I picked up a book reprinted by the Archive Society, Harrisburg, PA (for $7.95) titled From Fort Henry to Corinth, by M.F. Force, Brv Maj Gen, Commanding First Div, 17th Corps. Original publication date was 1881-83. What a book! It is a little 5" X 8" hardback that is in such detail that some company movements are given in the recounting of the battles that took place in the neighborhood. And for the map nuts out there there is a great map of the New Madrid area including Island No 10 and Reelfoot Lake. Reading the description of how the Union troops got to Island No 10, through the swamps made me wonder just that much more about why men went through the hardships. I then went to www.topozone.com and pulled up the New Madrid, MO, topographic map. The river has change things considerably. And of course so has man. It would now be pretty easy to drive up to Island No 10 and bang away at them rebs. But this is a problem with Vicksburg also. The river has changed so much that it is difficult to visualize how things took place. Does anyone know what kind of parks and monuments exist around Columbus and New Madrid concerning the War of the Rebellion? Thanks John O'Neal, Pvt, 110th Ill Vol Inf/6th Ill Vol Cav