Who's the Civil War "expert" in our group? Here's the question: Is it reasonable to believe that a man born in 1810 served the Confederacy as a North Carolina soldier during the war? Why or why not? Yes, I'm having questions/doubts as to whether my Alfred of 1810 was the Alfred who was paroled in Morganton (Burke County). Thanks, Gene

Gene: Your question is one my cousin and I have gone round and round on. We can't find a grgrgrandfather and what happened to him. He was on the 1860 census and gone from 1870. (family was there without him) I say he probably died in the Civil War and she says he was too old. Born ca 1817. Then I found out that another grgrgrandfather, b. ca 1819 not only fought but was captured by Sherman. He was very deaf and didn't hear the call to retreat! No, I don't think 50 would be too old to fight in the Civil War. My husband is 48 and I'd hate to be on the opposite side of him in a war! If he ran out of cannon balls, he'd probably pick the cannon up and throw at you! Vicki ----- Original Message ----- From: "O Eugene Queen" <EQueen@lexcominc.net> To: <QUEEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, February 16, 2001 8:04 AM Subject: [QUEEN] Civil War - Age for Service? > Who's the Civil War "expert" in our group? Here's the question: > > Is it reasonable to believe that a man born in 1810 served the > Confederacy as a North Carolina soldier during the war? Why or why not? > > Yes, I'm having questions/doubts as to whether my Alfred of 1810 was the > Alfred who was paroled in Morganton (Burke County). > > Thanks, > > Gene > > > > > ==== QUEEN Mailing List ==== > GenConnect Family Association: Queen > Surname Index > http://surhelp-bin.rootsweb.com/surindx.pl?site=88QUEEN > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com > >