In a message dated 4/3/08 3:20:15 AM, thompson-request@rootsweb.com writes: > Message: 5 > Date: Wed, 02 Apr 2008 23:14:42 -0000 > From: "gc-gateway@rootsweb.com" <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> > Subject: [THOMPSON] William Abraham Thompson (1843-1899) - Seeking >     Civil War    Info > To: <THOMPSON-L@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <1207178083.183010@rootsweb.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Author: Jessica_Horning > Surnames: Thompson > Classification: queries > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.thompson/17174/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > I am seeking Civil War service data for William Abraham Thompson. He was a > Confederate Soldier from Russell County, VA.  Born 1843 and died 1899 in West > Virginia. Wife was Nancy Dorthea McCloud. > > There are so many William Thompsons who were soldiers during the Civil War, > I am having a hard time finding his enlistment date, regiment information, > etc.. > > If anyone has had better luck that I have, I would appreciate the help. > > Thank you > Jessica > > Jessica, William's wife may have applied for a Civil War Pension...if she did not remarry. In SC a pension program was instituted in abt 1919. The applications have LOTS of service information re the veteran. Worth a try. Geraldine Ingersoll Daniel and Rebecca Bryan Boone>Daniel Morgan and Sarah Griffin Lewis Boone> Daniel and Mary Constance Philibert Boone>Theodore Warner and Martha Alice Thompson Boone>Minnie Boone and Guy Earl Ingersoll>Willard B. Ingersoll>Geraldine Ingersoll ************** Planning your summer road trip? Check out AOL Travel Guides. (http://travel.aol.com/travel-guide/united-states?ncid=aoltrv00030000000016)