Charlotte, (I'm posting the lookup material back to the list, as other names are mentioned below, as well.) Julie Preston anpreston@msn.com >From "Shiloh Remembered": p.28 -- HAYS,WHITE,DODDS, ROSS "To those representing the Union cause, Bert HAYS' name threw fear into the strongest hearts. To those who remained loyal to the Confederacy he was simply a man who had the fortitude to take on dramatic odds and fight for what he believed in. To many he was a fine neighbor and a good father. To Sallie WHITE he was a great-grandfather that she never had the privilege of knowing. Pat DODDS was courting a lady near Weatherford's Creek when HAYS got to him. They shot him dead at the foot of a hill and left him. He was carried home on stretchers made of rail fences and the ladies of the community buried him as the men were away fighting. Apparently, HAYS and his gang killed Morgan ROSS in April 1864. ROSS was a mule dealer and had been to Mississippi selling mules. The day after the sale, HAYS and his men raided the ROSS home. A son, Frank ROSS, home from the Union Army, escaped from a nearby cabin. The gang questioned the elder ROSS about his money. ROSS grabbed a long stick which mule men often carried. He pushed HAYS and hit him with the stick. As he did so two of HAYS men shot and killed him. Twelve year old Jeff ROSS escaped." p. 30 -- MAXEDON,WILSON (and others) "August 28, 1908" "6th Tennessee Cavalry, 6th Annual Meeting at the Laughlin Springs where the regiment was encamped and organized in August 1862......The following is a list of veterans both home and visiting:" "....J.J. Swain was master of ceremonies, and the exercises were opened by prayer by H.D. MAXEDON." "...a list of veterans both home and visiting: Company A: J.J. Swain, W.A. Laughlin, E.W. Hester, J.L. Robinson, W.J.N. Rose, J.W. Hester, H.C. Moore, H.V. Flower, J.R. WILSON, S.W. Fish." p. 31 -- WRIGHT, LOWERY "McNairy County, Tennessee furnished three Brigadier Generals to the Civil War. Marcus J. WRIGHT and his brother John V. Both had distinguished careers for the Confederatee Army as did Mark Perrin LOWERY. The WRIGHTs were sons of Maj. Benjamin WRIGHT of Purdy. LOWERY was born near Finger and moved to Mississippi at an early age." p. 39 -- MICHIE, STOVALL "Tribute to a Comrade: In 1874, J.R. STOVALL was in the midst of a campaign for Sheriff of McNairy County. A few days before the election he was campaigning in the Ninth District and stopped to visit with his old friend Robert MICHIE. Both men had served in the same company during the Civil War as they were members of Col. Dew Wisdom's regiment in the 19th-20th Cavalry, C.S.A. The regiment had been organized as Biffle's 19th and Russell's 20th and were later consolidated into a single unit. The unit was organized at the request of General N.B. Forrest. STOVALL was very discouraged about the outcome of the Ninth District vote as he visited in the MICHIE home. His friend assured him that come election day, he would get every Democrat vote polled in the upcoming election. STOVALL asked his friend to come to the courthouse on election night and bring the ballot box with him. He remarked: "there will be feed in the stall for your horse and food on the table for you." Robert MICHIE agreed. When the election was over MICHIE rode horseback to Purdy, arriving about 10:00 o'clock that night. The old courtyard was filled with friends and supporters of STOVALL. As it turned out, STOVALL did indeed receive every Democrat vote in the old Ninth District. The count was 1722 votes for STOVALL and 8 votes for his opponent. A jubilant J.R. STOVALL told Robert MICHIE there in the crowded courtyard at old Purdy "if you outlive me please bring a box of dirt from the Ninth District and put it on my grave." J.R. STOVALL lived for another fifty years and passed away in 1929. Robert MICHIE never forgot the promise to his old Civil War friend. Silently the old Confederate made his way through community after community with a small box tied to his saddle. There in the old cemetery in Bethel Springs, at about ten o'clock in the morning, Robert MICHIE redeemed a pledge as he went to the small mound marking the final resting place of J.R. STOVALL and thereupon deposited the box of dirt that he had brought from the old Ninth District." -----Original Message----- From: Charlotte Wilson <cwilson@seark.net> To: anpreston@msn.com <anpreston@msn.com> Date: Tuesday, January 19, 1999 8:02 AM Subject: "Shiloh Remembered" >Julie , >Saw the list from Shiloh Remembered : I have five names which appear to be >connected to my lines -H.D. Maxedon - 30 , Jeff Ross -28 , J.R. Stovall - >39 , J.R. Wilson -30, >Benj. Wright ( Maj.) -31 . Anything I might be able to add with your help >would be appreciated . >Charlotte, >Thanks in advance >