In a message dated 5/11/2007 4:47:59 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, jwstout@charter.net writes: <<Ft. Sumter was not fired on until April 12, 1861 and TN did not secede until after that. He died on April 10, 1861. Evidently some error somewhere. Unusual for someone born in 1805 to serve.>> My guess would be a Jr. and Sr. mixup somewhere along the line. A man born in 1805 would not normally serve in the Civil War. I do know of a blacksmith from Virginia that served at age 65 in an elite unit because he was supposedly the best at shoeing horses, making steel replacement parts and just general fixun stuff. ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.