Thanks Gary, What year was the 25th infantry? A.L. Hawkins might be my great great great grandfather....he lived in overton and clay counties. Thanx for the information, Ashley

The 25th Tennessee Infantry existed in the yeas 1861 - 1865. A. L. Hawkins was captured and spent time in Elmira Prison in New York State. He was swapped in a prisoner exchange on February 25, 1865. That meant he was in a terrible physical condition at that point. The very sick ones were the only Confederate soldiers that General U.S. Grant would allow to be swapped at that date in the war. Most had chronic dysentery and had to spend the last two months of the war healing in mountain waters of North Carolina. Gary D. Norris > From: [email protected] > Reply-To: [email protected] > Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2003 13:19:58 EST > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [TNOVERTO] New 25th Tennessee Infantry Books > Resent-From: [email protected] > Resent-Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2003 11:20:10 -0700 > > Thanks Gary, > What year was the 25th infantry? A.L. Hawkins might be my great great > great grandfather....he lived in overton and clay counties. Thanx for the > information, Ashley > > > ==== TNOVERTO Mailing List ==== > OVERTON LIST ADMINISTRATPR: > [email protected] > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go > to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >