These questions and answers are very enlightening. I, however, have a different take on this problem. You see, I am trying to find a Tennessee farmer, with light hair and blue eyes, six feet tall, serving as a Private under Stand Watie's command in Company H and K of the First Cherokee Mounted Volunteers. I have been told that mixed bloods and whites (including some Irish) served under Stand Watie's command and also been told that I would not find any whites there. Since I have a first hand account of the former by a Thomas F. Anderson who authored an article in the "Confederate Veteran" magazine in about 1894, I know that whites most likely did serve with part bloods in some of Stand Watie's units. I also know that there was a 2d Lieutenant named Matthew Green, same name as my gggrandfather, in these units as of July 1861, but family legend says he was killed early in the war. I have been told that this is likely to be two different men. However, I cannot believe this because the name Matthew or Mathew is VERY uncommon. While it shows up several times in the 1850 Census, it is still an uncommon name with the surname GREEN at least. Mathew's records do not show whether he was killed or died. This is very disturbing to me because family legend says he was killed early in the war. It seems that I should be finding a death date in his records. The best I can do is that he was listed as deserted for a short time but returned as a private in Co. K until about June of 1863. This certainly is not "early in the war". -- Tim mailto:phwalls@prodigy.net Researching MCCLINTOCK, ARMSTRONG, GREEN, all of Irish descent, especially County Tyrone (MCCLINTOCK, ARMSTRONG) and Co. Meath (Green)