Greetings, The unit you are probably searching for is the Harding Artillery, commanded by Captain George H. Monsarrat. The Harding name did not last long, as the unit was usually known as Monsarrat's. Later it was divided into two units, Monsarrat's and Freeman's (later Huggins') Batteries. Freeman's Battery had a most distinguished service record. See this: http://www.tngenweb.org/civilwar/csaart/art6.html Capt. Freeman was a former school teacher (Sam Davis was one of his students) and an attorney in Nashville before the war. There were a lot of Davidson/Williamson County men in his section, as there were in Monsarrat's. I don't know how Footnote is laid out, have never used it. But if you find a variant of your ancestor's name under the listings for Monsarrat's, Freeman's, or Huggins' Artillery then that's your man, I am certain. Regards, Allen Sullivant Brentwood, Tn http://tennessee-scv.org tndavids-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > > Today's Topics: > > 1. searching for Civil War unit under Harden (Dianne Armstrong) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2010 01:29:09 -0700 > From: "Dianne Armstrong" <di@montanapets.org> > Subject: [TNDAVIDS] searching for Civil War unit under Harden > To: "Davidson Co" <TNDAVIDS@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <81A309B835B24CF7A1983A738FD611D7@Dell600m> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Hi, I was hoping you could steer me in the right direction. I am trying to determine which unit my 2nd great grandfather served in. The problem is he has a common name: Henry James Williams. He often signed as Henry J Williams or H J Wiliams. What I know from written family history written by his daughter is: > > "In March 1861 he enlisted in the Confederate Army. He was in the artillery service under Harden serving continuously throughout the war. He was in the siege of Vicksburg, but was never captured or wounded. He always believed that Divine Providence directed him. He could tell many interesting incidents of the war." > > That's all I have to go on. He was born in Nolensville, Williamson Co, TN. > In the 1860 census he was listed as a teacher in Davidson Co. Nashville is the post office listed. He later lived in Pleasant Site, AL and Iuka, MS but Nashville is the closest I can put him (in 1860) to his enlist date of March 1861. Do you have any idea which unit "Harden" commanded because then I could search those on footnote.com I'm not sure where to find who the Harden is so I could locate the unit number. > Thank you, > Dianne > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the TNDAVIDS list administrator, send an email to > TNDAVIDS-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the TNDAVIDS mailing list, send an email to TNDAVIDS@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TNDAVIDS-request@rootsweb.com > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of TNDAVIDS Digest, Vol 5, Issue 64 > *************************************** >