FYI! -----Original Message----- From: J. C. Tumblin, OD [mailto:sleepy6@icx.net] Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2001 6:36 PM To: TN-CIVIL-WAR-L@rootsweb.com Cc: gpcantrell@home.com Subject: At 10:05 PM 2/16/01 -0800, you copied: >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? > >Thanks! To: Gayle Cantrell Since he would have been 51 in 1861 when the war began, it is entirely *possible* (though not probable). I know of one who served at that "advanced age" (which 51 was in the 1860s) in the Nitre and Mining Bureau of the Confederacy, mining saltpetre in dangerous underground caves, and mines. 1). Your candidate could have been a volunteer. 2). The conscription acts in the Confederacy: a). #1 on April 16, 1862 was for men 18 to 35. b). #2 September 27, 1862 raised the age to 45 and five (5) days later it was expanded. I doubt that conscription authorities were very particular about proof of birth. c). #3 February 1864 all men were called from age 17-50 (but could he prove he was overage?). Eventually, conscripts accounted for 1/4 to 1/3 of the Confederate armies east of the Mississippi between April 1864 and early 1865. You should consult J.W. Moore's "Roster of NC Troops in the War Between the States", 1882 and L.H. Manarin and W.T. Jordan's "North Carolina Troops" in eight volumes from 1966-____. Also, Broadfoot has published a multi-volume roster of all the Southern states and most of the Northern states. At least at Chancellorsville/Fredericksburg there is a computerized roster. Have you tried submitting name, rank, state of origin and company/regiment on the National Archives form for that purpose (see their Website)? Tell us more! Jim Tumblin, O.D. Past-President Knoxville Civil War Roundtable P.S. I hope we will be forgiven this North Carolina question and response on a Tennessee site.