The March Column is now available on the Bits of Blue and Gray website. "A Civil War Love Story" http://www.bitsofblueandgray.com/march2003.htm "His pension says he volunteered in 1864 to serve the Union as a Private during the Civil War. He was a saddler with the Pennsylvania Cavalry, Co., C, 181st Regiment, 20th Cav. in 1865. His pension says he died in 1868 of "Apoplexy" --medical terminology of the time for contactin pneumonia from sleeping in th snow without a shelter." This is the story of Gustavus Schmidt, who emegrated to the United States from Germany in 1851. This has been sent to multiple lists, so pleas excuse duplicate copies. Thank you Jayne [email protected] bitsofblueandgray.com