I was asked to forward this, so here it is. ----- Original Message ----- From: "MandM Sparks" <msparks4@kc.rr.com> To: "'Larry W Johnson'" <johnsonl@flash.net> Sent: Sunday, April 17, 2005 10:00 PM Subject: Elisha Luna's James and John in CSA > > > Am I the last person to figure out that Elisha (Robert/Peter/Peter > Jr./James/Elisha) had two sons who fought with the 1st Ark. Cavalry > Regiment? > > The story always told in Ozark County, Mo., was that Elisha left Tennessee > intending to raise one "h--- of a bunch of Republicans." And the rest of > the story is that, he did. It was always inferred by relatives in Ozark > County that he was disinherited because of this political break with his > family. > > So I was stunned to run across John T. Luna's tombstone inscription and > see > that it had his CSA unit on it. When I ran a Google search on the 1st > Ark. > Cavalry, Co. M, not only was John there, but so was his brother James. > They > joined the same day, of course. > > Okay, are there others in Elisha's family who fought for the CSA that I've > still not learned about? > > Mary Sparks > > > >