Hi to Greenup County and to Randal. I have not gotten that far along in my research with the BRUCE lines. At the present time I am looking for place and date of death for Jackson BRUCE who married Mrs. Dora M. (nee HAYSLIP) DANIELS; widow of Joseph DANIELS, 15 Feb.1908. Jackson BRUCE s/o John BRUCE and Mary L. SPREGG; born abt 1885. Jackson and Dora M. BRUCE resided in South Portsmouth, KY as well as Greenup Co.,KY. She died 1971 in Columbus,OH but I have lost him somewhere. Any suggestions? Thanks Donna -----Original Message----- From: Randal W Cooper <rwcooper@kellnet.com> To: KYGREENU-L@rootsweb.com <KYGREENU-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Thursday, December 17, 1998 11:47 AM Subject: [KYGREENU-L] Captain Alexander BRUCE >Dear Researchers of Greenup County, Kentucky and Donna Hile, > >To Donna and Others- Today you listed "BRUCE" as one of the surnames you >are researching. > >Does that include Captain Alexander BRUCE of Lewis County, Kentucky >[Quincy area], who was Captain of Company E of the Twenty-second >Regiment, Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, Union Army? > >Substantial casualties were incurred in the Battle of Chickasaw Bayou, >Mississippi, 29 Dec 1862. Among the wounded was Captain Alexander BRUCE, >who took a mini-ball in the foot. He returned home and was replaced by >Captain ELLIS. Another of the Company E wounded was my third-great >grandfather William COOPER, who fell during the failed charge on the >Confederate hilltop entrenchments, a bullet in his forehead, an inch >above his right eye. > >I have read that Captains of Companies in the Civil War were [maybe not >always] chosen by vote in the Company. The fact that Alexander BRUCE was >Captain of Company E speaks of his leadership qualities. Come to think >of it, the first requirement for an officer would have been the ability >to read and write, which many soldiers [including my third-great >grandfather] would not have been able to meet. > >Captain Alexander BRUCE was one of the four soldiers chosen by William >COOPER to provide affidavits for his Application for Pension, which he >started working on in March of 1880. A "candidate" for writing a Civil >War Pension affidavit had to pass one requirement: he had to still be >living in the 1880's or beyond. That is one reason why the Pension >records are so valuable, as they give such a long overview of people's >lives, before, during and after the Civil War. > >Randal W. Cooper <rwcooper@kellnet.com> >Lorain, Ohio > > > > >==== KYGREENU Mailing List ==== >Help Instructions at: http://www.zoomnet.net/~chipmunk/SurnamesMail.html >or contact Betty at: chipmunk@zoomnet.net >Your gracious donations to RootsWeb makes this all possible. >Archives: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?surname=KYGreenu >