B.J. et.al., You wrote... ...captured & almost died of smallpox and starvation. Pat Wilson, a small Irishman, stole food for him, and was often punished...... Here here. We won't be likin' you to talk badly about my wife's (Joanna) great grandfather, especially here on St. Patrick's day. Patrick Wilson, born in 1830, in Sligo, Ireland, fought for the CSA, with Polk Sagely, Calvin Jacobs and many others from Bradyville and the Gossburg area along the Cannon / Coffee line. He went AWOL on several short trips home to see about the family, but always returned to his unit, a few days later. Patrick (actually William Patrick Wilson) died in 1907 and is buried in the Mt. Hebron Community Cemetery, Coffee Co., near Gossburg, along with several others who fought with him. Ironically, the old cemetery is set aside on a large farm, owned by the Moore family, a rather wealthy family of the later 1800s and early 1900s. Possibly YOUR Moore family. He may have been "small" but he was wiry, with a lot of heart or so we have been told. His sons and grandsons were also smaller framed men. :^)) Small world... Jess Lewis