Here is a funny one for those of us who are now Virginians. Try finding Col. John Singleton Mosby, C.S.A. I had wondered if the data base left off all officers but when I searched Col. John Means, he was listed. (He was the commanding officer of the !7th S.C. Inf. and was killed at Second Manassas. The VERY BEST SOURCE (in my opinion) is: The Roster of Confederate soldiers, 1861-1865 / edited by Jane B. Hewett. After that would, An index-guide to the Southern Historical Society papers, 1876- 1959 / James I. Robertson, Jr., editor in chief (I think that's the correct title of the index. My local library which sits on Manassas Battlefield owns the published papers, about 90 volumes which are a wonderland of personal recollections and historical docs.) and then of course would be the microfilmed index of Confederate soldiers at the National Archives (also available at the various nationwide annexes). They also have Confederate service records and unit movements which are cool to read if you are wanting to really see where your man was. These are all "captured" documents and sometimes they have gaps where the unit leaders were to busy fighting to do their paper work. And some records were lost. Union soldiers are also indexed at the National Archives but the actual records must be drawn out of storage in original form (which is neat to read). ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Liles" <[email protected]> To: "'Bill Lathan'" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 1:57 PM Subject: RE: [SCCHEST2] Fw: Civil War > Yes, my GG Grandfather, Jacob W. DaVault was a well documented officer in > the 50th Va Co B serving in several major battles including Gettysburg and I > have seen also the documentation of his being captured at Spotsylvania and > then interrment at Elmira Prison and he doesn't show on that site.