I have added a page to the Military link which contains basic info on the citizens of Ripley during the Civil War and the records kept by the State Union Provost Marshal. There were only a few from Ripley Co during this period. Go to the home page, see link below in my signature. Click on Military, Civil War, then the Provost Marshal's link. Jackie -- "At the birth of the Sun, and his brother the Moon, their Mother died. So the Sun gave to the earth her body from which was to spring all life, And he drew forth from her breast the stars and he threw them into the night sky to remind him of her soul." Owner/Breeder Tanimara Great Pyrenees <http://www.geocities.com/tanimara_2000/> CC: Ripley Co MO GenWeb <http://www.rootsweb.com/%7Emoripley/> CC: Harringtongen <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/harringtongen/> - a genealogy site for Harringtons and collateral lines.