David, I bought my copy at the book/giftshop at Shiloh National Park about a year ago. You can write to the publisher: Banner Publishing Co., P.O. box 317, Adamsville, TN 38310 for availability. Best, Julie Preston anpreston@msn.com -----Original Message----- From: David Cagle <dcagle@centuryinter.net> To: Julie Preston <anpreston@email.msn.com> Date: Tuesday, January 19, 1999 11:35 PM Subject: Re: "G" Company, First Confederate Cavalry Regiment >Julie, >I am enjoying the stories, most of which I recognize. Where can a copy of the >book be purchased? > >David > >Julie Preston wrote: > >> David, >> >> I'm not the author of "Shiloh Remembered" --- just providing lookups from >> the booklet. People will have to check the facts themselves. >> >> Best, >> >> Julie Preston >> anpreston@msn.com >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: David Cagle <dcagle@centuryinter.net> >> To: TNMCNAIR-L@rootsweb.com <TNMCNAIR-L@rootsweb.com>; anpreston@msn.com >> <anpreston@msn.com> >> Date: Tuesday, January 19, 1999 9:48 PM >> Subject: "G" Company, First Confederate Cavalry Regiment >> >> >Julie and Others, >> >June 1863, as stated below, was not the end of the "First Confederate >> Cavalry." >> >Lt. Col. C. S. Robertson, of Pocahontus, Bolivar and Savannah, and other >> >officers were captured along with the 292 men as you stated. However, >> Capt. C. >> >H. Conner assumed Command of the outfit which continued as a unit until the >> >surrender near Gainesville Alabama at the end of the war. >> > >> >I am trying to write a history of Company G of the First. This company >> was >> >made up primarily of men from The Hardin Co. and the surrounding area. I >> have a >> >roster and will check same if you think your ancestor was in that unit. If >> you >> >have knowledge of this outfit, that you would share, please get in touch. >> > >> >Thanks, >> > >> >David >> >Cerro Gordo >> > >> > >> > >> > >> >Julie Preston wrote: >> > >> >> For whomever requested the lookup for DAVIS & LAUGHLIN, >> >> >> >> >From "Shiloh Remembered": >> >> >> >> p. 27 --- DAVIS >> >> >> >> "The Bert HAYS Story >> >> >> >> On the list of most notorious guerillas compiled in the National Archives >> >> appears the name of W.B. (Bert) HAYS. He is listed by Union Authorities >> as >> >> the No. 1 guerilla during the Civil War years. >> >> >> >> HAYS was the son of Wallis HAYS, a planter of good means who moved into >> >> Hardin County before the war. His brother was Lawson HAYS, a deputy U.S. >> >> Marshall in Savannah in 1860. Bert and Lawson HAYS were members of the >> 1st >> >> Cavalry Regiment. When Gen. Joe Wheeler was pursued across the Duck >> River >> >> in June 1863, the unit was thrown in to stop the advance of Gen. Gordon >> >> Granger. The fight allowed Wheeler to escape but in the process the >> >> regiment was destroyed with 292 prisoners being captured. The remainder >> was >> >> consolidated into the 51st Tenn. Infantry. Bert HAYS became a captain >> and >> >> led his company in battle at Brice's Crossroads. >> >> >> >> Then followed a puzzle! HAYS' outfit disappeared. It is not clear >> whether >> >> the unit went on private scouting or whether it went into desertion. >> During >> >> the last year of the war, HAYS was known to be operating in the vicinity >> of >> >> Waterloo, Ala., an area which was noted for spying and all kinds of >> guerilla >> >> activities. Capt. S.P. Emerson, Co. B, 6th Kentucky, was known to be in >> the >> >> area. He had been associated with Gen. John Hunt Morgan during much of >> the >> >> war. >> >> >> >> Emerson was said to have worked with HAYS. Rewards were being offered to >> >> Confederate soldiers who would desert and join the Union Army. HAYS and >> >> Emerson caught Will DAVIS at Ransomtown near Wayne County. He was on his >> >> way to give up and claim the reward. They punched his eyes out and hung >> him >> >> to a tree then sent word to the Union officers that DAVIS was read to >> "turn >> >> over" and for them to come and pick him up. >> >> >> >> p. 30 -- LAUGHLIN (this para. included in a posting earlier today, >> 1/19/99) >> >> "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: >> >> 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." >> >> >> >> Regards, >> >> Julie Preston >> >> anpreston@msn.com >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> >> From: rrc3pr@199.218.201.6 <rrc3pr@199.218.201.6> >> >> To: Julie Preston <anpreston@email.msn.com> >> >> Date: Tuesday, January 19, 1999 2:32 PM >> >> Subject: "Shiloh Remembered" Lookups Offered >> >> >> >> >Davis, Will -- 27 >> >> >Laughlin, W.A. -- 30 >> >> > >> >> > >> >> >> >> ==== TNMCNAIR Mailing List ==== >> >> Where would we be without our ancestors? >> >> Pat >> >> pwjones@centuryinter.net >> > >> > >> > >> > > > >