> My g-gr grandfather, Edmond Vige, was killed in the Battle of Vicksburg, MS. > His wife, Katie, said he died "having his head shot off by a shell". She > lived to be in her 80s, and my grandmother, and my Mother knew her, and > heard her stories. > The State of Louisiana gave her a Land Grant and a small pension in the > 1920s. She lived in a small settlement about 3 miles out of town where I > live, and is buried in the Cemetery where my parents and grandparents are > buried, and where I will be buried; one that I have written a history on, > and made a book of grave recordings, with maps, and detailed histories on > many of the people buried there. It is a part of my contribution to the > preservation of our Heritage. > Ethel. >