Do you have any more information on Louis Hamilton Ray's family? It's interesting that my father in law's middle name was Mason and he is from that neck of North Carolina, Virginia. Gilbert Ray ----- Original Message ----- From: "Betty Lee Streckfuss" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 7:22 PM Subject: Re: [NCCUMBER] CSA vet George McNeill Rose > Hello Ray Members, > I am a granddaughter 4 times removed from Elizabeth Ray and John Mason > Elizabeth had a sister named Rebecca who married John's brother Daniel. > The two families were very close and lived next door during the > war...around 1865 on to 1879 when John died. He and Elizabeth are buried > in Shiloh Cemetery Alabama but he was from Nash, NC. born in Cumberland. > Her father was Louis Hamilton Ray... more later. I am traveling and don't > have all my data. Betty > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Gilbert Ray<mailto:[email protected]> > To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 2:33 PM > Subject: Re: [NCCUMBER] CSA vet George McNeill Rose > > > Sarah, I'll try to find the grave and send you a photograph. It'll be > next > week before I can get there. I have an ancestor in the same graveyard. > The > corner is called the Confederate Honor Site. Gilbert Ray. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Sarah" > <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> > To: <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> > Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 1:55 PM > Subject: [NCCUMBER] CSA vet George McNeill Rose > > > > There is a very brave man buried in Cumberland County: > > > > George McNeill Rose, VMI class of 1867, Fayetteville, Cross Creek > Cemetery > > We need a photo of his grave, and a bio. We have his military record. > > > > The VMI Corps of Cadets fought as a unit at the Battle of New Market, > > Virginia, on May 15, 1864. Two hundred fifty seven cadets were on the > > field. Ten cadets were killed in battle or died later from the effects > of > > their wounds; 45 were wounded. The youngest participating cadet was > > fifteen; the oldest twenty-five. > > Two VMI alumni are attempting to obtain photos of the graves and > > biographical of all 257 cadets who fought in the Battle of New Market > in > > the Civil War. This is a HUGE task. RAoGK has offered to help with the > > database. > > > > You can visit their web page at > > > http://www.augustagavmiaa.info/new_market_database.htm<http://www.augustagavmiaa.info/new_market_database.htm> > > Read about the battle at > http://www.vmi.edu/archives/Civil_War/cwnm.html<http://www.vmi.edu/archives/Civil_War/cwnm.html>. > > > > Hopefully someone on this list has the time to locate and photograph > the > > grave and send whatever biographical info you can find. PLEASE do not > send > > references to tell us where to look, they have those sources. Send the > > actual information on the individual to me at > > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> . I will > then combine all the data on him and > > send it to them. > > > > They contacted me about my ancestor who was a cadet then, and I > > volunteered to help them get the other graves photographed, knowing we > > have so many wonderful people on Rootsweb. ;-) > > > > Thanks, > > Sarah Reveley > > San Antonio, Texas > > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > > > > p.s. I will be unsubscribing, please email me off list. > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> with > the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of > the message > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message