MIke, et al THANKS for the reference to this picture! What a find! Not sure your assumption about BRADY not taking photos of Confederates takes all the facts into consideration. After all he was a PHOTOGRAPHER, which means if he was there, he might have done it for historical reasons.... OR more likely, BRADY was also around for the War for Texas Independence, a very popular war with the famous first TENNESSEE VOLUNTEERS....who went to TX to fight. SAMUEL HOUSTON RANSOM b 8 July 1834 RUTHERFORD Co, TN (Murfreesboro) married ELIZABETH (BETTIE) KING on 23 Nov. 1861 in Rutherford County. They apparently DID move to Texas and had at least one son (SAMUEL N. RANSOM) in TEXAS. Since the Civil War age Samuel Houston Ransom was named after SAM HOUSTON (also originally a Tennessean) Only speculating....... Carole PS I got the descent from George W. Ransoms personal chronology, so take it or leave it. SAMUEL HOUSTON RANSOM was the son of JOHN A. RANSOM (1792-1849)and ELIZABETH BOWMAN, a brother of GEORGE WASHINGTON RANSOM and a grandson of CAPT RICHARD RANSOM of the American Revolution. In a message dated 12/31/00 10:01:09 PM Eastern Standard Time, RANSOM-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: << An LDS patron submitted that S H RANSOM married Bettie KING in 1861 in Rutherford Co TN. But it seems unlikely that M BRADY was taking pictures of southerners during the war. Mike RANSOM P O Box 1754, Albany OR 97321 mransom@peak.org 541-926-1199 RANSOM FAMILIES: http://go.to/ransom 1843 Wagon Train: http://travel.to/1843 _________________ >>