dear julian thank you so much it is exceedingly kind of you. the thing of it is i filed the proper naft form and all just like i did for my union vet. i got back a lot of info on my union vet and only had to pay $10.00 for it, but they did not even check for my southern vet. the reply was we don't have any records on the southern vets and your vet had to sign a pardon form they didn't even look.my vet was from south carolina. his name was isaac hartley hatcher, mar to naomi cooper hatcher he was born abt 1826 d.12-09-1891.he was in 2 battalion of south carolina sharp shooters, a private, the box # is 000381 the exct#i is 0014 and the record # is 00003955 on the civil war muster rolls .i also have an uncle isaacs brother whose name was abner hatcher, who was wounded at petersburg, va in 1864 of the co D 26th regiment south carolina vol.inf ,,ABNER was wounded in 1864. b 1843 d. 1900 (isacc was my great etc.i grand father.isaac probably signed up in horry co s.c. .i thank you for any help. blessings diane simmons simmonscraft@cs.com