This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/JgB.2ACE/145.159.164.1 Message Board Post: I have a copy of a newspaper article on Daniel Risdon Smith born June 12th 1842 in Jackson , Madison Co Tn. He joined the Confederate army under a Capt Burns. He was in the Battle of Perryville here in Ky . This was in Oct 1862. After the battle he was ordered by his commander to stay and help with the confederate wounded. He never left Ky again. He married Minerva Bugg. He is my son's ggg grandfather on his father's side of the family. send me your snail mail and I'll copy the article for you and mail it. email me at [email protected] Diane