Marian, First, thanks for the information... Now on to business... First question... what is your source for Maggie's birthdate... My records show a conflicting date... 05 Apr 1857... and judging from how I entered that information into my database (I neglected to provide my reference -- so it was inputted a year ago or so)... so it would be wonderful if you had something firm as a reference that I could hang my hat on to resolve the conflict! I also was unaware that Maggie's father died in Andersonville... this is the kind of human interest that makes genealogy really fun... And, lastly... Do you have George Osterhout's statement??? Is there anything of interest regarding George's service? Was he in Andersonville too (he obviously survived)? Thanks for the time you devoted to helping me with my research... Every little piece of information contributes to our research much like the compounding of interest in our savings account... today it may not seem like much... but watch it grow over time! Cyber-genealogically, Bruce Researching Wyoming County OSTERHOUT, MITCHELL, PATTERSON