ONE ALMOST SURE WAY TO FIND OUT THE SKINNY ON THIS ELUSIVE RELATIVE IS.....IF HE INDEED SERVED IN THE CIVIL WAR,GO TO THE ALAGENWEB,AND LOCATE HIM IN HIS COMPANY AND REGIMENT....THEN GO TO THE TENNESSEE CIVILWAR PENSION RECORDS AT THE TNGENWEB,THEN ONCE YOU HAVE MADE THE ASSERTION THAT THE INFO IS INDEED YOUR GUY, ( REMEMBER,MEN HAD- NICKNAMES TOO,JOHNNY WAS COMMON) ,GO TO THE US GOVT MILITARY ARCHIVE IN ST. LOUIS MO.,WITH NAME ,PLACE OF BIRTH, OUTFIT SERVED IN,RANK, ETC.... PAY YOUR 17.00 AND GET HIS ENTIRE MILITARY RECORD...GIVES ALL THE INFO YOU SEEK. MOST MEN WHO SERVED WANTED TO GET THIER PENSION MONEY,SO IT WILL BE EASY TO FIND HIM,UNLESS HE NEVER APPLIED FOR IT. HIS PENSION APPLICATION WILL ALMOST CERTAINLY BE IN TN. HOPE THAT WASN'T TOO LONG AS WELL ! CHUCK