Cary, Alrleigh, and Bruce...thank you very much for your response. It was very helpful! Bruce, I don't think we have corresponded before, but I have mentioned my ancestors several times on this list. That may be why my name sounds familiar. My ggggreat grandfathers Jacob Guffey, and Robert "Bert" Trent were in the 42nd MO, co "D". You mentioned in your note about the EMM...I have not been able to find a roster for the milita, but know that Jacob's cousins are said to have been in the EMM. So I wonder if Jacob and Bert were as well. Jacob's brother James also served in the 42nd MO. I have a great article that comes from "North and South Magazine" volume 3, number 1 that is called "Shoot if you can by accident" and talks about how Milroy asked the 42nd Mo search the homes of disloyal citizens in Tullahoma TN. But like I mentioned before, I am not sure how life was in Northern MO. My other gggreat grandpa John Henry Guffey served in the 39th Mo Inf. Co "B". Also have a ggggreat grandpa who served in the 3rd and 11th MO cavalry. He was not in Northern MO, though. He enlisted in Salem, and to be honest, I am not sure where that is, but I always believed he lived in southern MO. He spent about a year working as a nurse at Little Rock Gen. Hosp. (if anyone knows anything about this hospital, I'd love to hear about it!) I don't know how he got the job as nurse, as he was a farmer by trade! Bruce, if you have any info on my ancestors regiments, I would sure appreciate anything you have time to send my way! I also love the info you send about Putnam county...it gives me more a sense of how the townspeople were feeling during the war. I really appreciate your help, and can't wait to see what you can turn up! Thank so much, everyone! Lorie Castro