Barb, Hi. Conscripted is sort of like being drafted. You get to join the army whether you want to or not. Ronnie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barbara Nelson" <distler5@charter.net> To: <SCPICKEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2003 9:12 PM Subject: [SCPICKENS] "CONSCRIPTED" > Ronnie - I need your help. My HIRAM REEVES was 'conscripted' by Pickens > County. What does this mean? How may I find out about it? He and his > brother, JOHN, served together; however, notes say that JOHN was in the > hospital in PICKENS, SC, when HIRAM was conscripted. > Help...first time I've seen this word in a message. > Thanks, > Barb > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dolores Pringle" <dmpringle@sc.rr.com> > To: <SCPICKEN-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2003 12:38 AM > Subject: [SCPICKENS] From Dolores: DeForest Miller > > > > Ronnie, > > Bless you! This is the most detailed info I have seen on DeForrest; thank > > you so much! This name is still used in our family, and my father's older > > brother is DeForrest MILLER who is 90 yrs. young! > > > > I believe that this J. A. MILLER is prob. Jesse MILLER, another brother > who > > died. Thank you so much; I will try to look further into this one to see > if > > it is Jesse. > > > > Thank you a million! > > Dolores Miller Pringle > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: ANGELA R BAGWELL [mailto:Angelabagwell@prodigy.net] > > Sent: Monday, February 03, 2003 11:51 PM > > To: SCPICKEN-L@rootsweb.com > > Subject: [SCPICKENS] To Delores: DeForest Miller > > > > > > Delores, > > > > I found the following on a DeForest Miller. > > > > Miller, DeForest - Company A and B, 2nd SC Infantry Regiment. Born ca. > 1839 > > in Pickens District, SC. Farmer in Pickens District in 1860. Enlisted as a > > private on July 1, 1862 in Colmubia, SC or at Pickens Court House. Wounded > > in action severely in thigh at Chickamauga, Georgia. Detailed at CSA > Armory > > in Columbia May 24, 1864. Listed as deserter December 27, 1864. Captured > and > > sent to Washington, D.C. from Burmuda Hundred, Virginia. Took oath and > sent > > to Indianapolis, Indiana on January 3, 1865. > > > > There is another Miller in this unit who is from Pickens District, SC. > There > > was the following information about him. > > > > Miller, J.A., Company E, 2nd SC Infantry Regiment. Lived in Pickens > > District, SC. Conscripted private on July 1, 1862 in Columbia, SC. > Detached > > with Pioneers Corps December 31, 1862 and February 28, 1863. Admitted to > > Chimbarazo Hospital, Richmond, Virginia on May 11, 1863 with pleurisy. > Died > > there the same day. Mar. Delilah (wife's name?). > > > > These are the only two Millers in the 2nd SC Infantry in which Pickens > > District is mentioned. > > > > There are also the following Millers in this unit. > > > > H. Miller, Jacob P. Miller (Greenville), John I. Miller, John C. Miller, > > Paul/Peter G. Miller, Robert S. Miller, Wellington Saxaby Miller > > (Greenville). > > > > Ronnie > > > > > > ==== SCPICKEN Mailing List ==== > > We have over 234 members of the Pickens Co., SC Mailing List. Posting > back > > to the list helps the whole group, not just one person. If we work as a > > team, > > we'll succeed as a team. > > To learn more about my world visit http://dwp.bigplanet.com/kburnett > > > > > > ==== SCPICKEN Mailing List ==== > > Checkout the other lists being watched over by your List Mom; > > http://mailing_lists.homestead.com/lists.html > > To learn more about my world visit http://dwp.bigplanet.com/kburnett > > > > > ==== SCPICKEN Mailing List ==== > If you wish to subscribe to or unsubscribe from the Pickens Co, SC list, use > SCPICKEN-l-request@rootsweb.com. > To learn more about my world visit http://dwp.bigplanet.com/kburnett > >