Hi Myron; Thanks for the quick reply to my inquiry. I've been able to get a lot more information from the Illinois State Archives than from NARA. That was where I did get his enlistment record, his unit information, and their regimental history. I'm hoping that someone researching families from Wilson County can confirm, and help me with, his parents and the rest of his pedigree. It might be worthwhile trying to determine if his body might have been taken to Wilson County for burial with other members of his family, but since he was killed by ongoing sniper fire from the banks while his unit was traveling down the Mississippi towards Vicksburg, I guess we've just figured that they slid his body over the side, or at best, put ashore to bury him in an unmarked grave. If someone can help me with the location of the graves of Daniel or William SANDERSON in Wilson County, who I mentioned in my original inquiry, I'd like to pursue that idea. As to becoming familiar with LDS, you're absolutely right. I use their software, and with a lot of help from their resources, I have 1,060 people in my GEDCOM. Thanks again, Mike Chambers St. Louis County, Mo. "Myron E. Williams" <myronwms@charter.net> wrote: > Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2007 23:38:15 -0600 > From: "Myron E. Williams" <myronwms@charter.net> > Subject: Re: [TNWILSON] Looking for info on SANDERSON and CHAMBERS > lines. > To: tnwilson@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <47733A47.1020500@charter.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > Michael: > > I suggest you will want to pursue Thomas Sanderson's service record and > the possibility that his widow or mother filed a pension claim. Check > the site for NARA for details. http://www.archives.gov/genealogy/ > > You may also check with the Wilson County Archives. If you know his > burial site that may lead you to a booklet listing veterans buried in > (County). Many of these are listed in the LDS library index at > www.familysearch.org. If you are not familiar with the Latter Day Saints > and their Family History Centers, you simply MUST become so. > > If you can determine Mr. Sanderson's unit, the LDS may have a regimental > history. > > You are well started. Happy hunting. > > Myron E. Williams > Crossville, TN > > > Michael Chambers wrote: > >> Hi All; >> >> I've just subscribed to this list. I think I may have had at least one >> breakthrough today, and I'm hoping that perhaps another Wilson County, >> Tenn. researcher can confirm my line of thinking, and maybe even help me >> take it even further. >> >> My gggrandfather was Thomas SANDERSON of Gallatin, Co., Ill. He was >> killed by a sniper in 1863 while on his way to the battle of >> Vicksburg. Up till now, that was all that I knew about him. I brother >> however, recently found the record of his enlistment (15 Aug 1862) in >> the Illinois State Archives. He had listed his age as 28, and Wilson >> County, Tenn. as his place of birth. Now then, I've found a 6 Dec. 1998 >> posting from a "Bob" (brobpat@aol.com) in your archives that was titled >> "SANDERSON FAMILY of WILSON COUNTY". In it, he lists a Thomas SANDERSON >> (age 16) from the 1850 census. He is listed as the son of Daniel >> SANDERSON (age 52, born in Virginia), who was the son of William >> SANDERSON. I'm thinking that your Thomas S., who was 16 years old in >> 1850, is also my Thomas S. who joined the Union Army in 1862, at the age >> of 28, and who came from Wilson Co., Tenn. >> >> Can anyone confirm any of this, and furnish any additional information >> about this family? I would sure appreciate it. >> >> Michael Chambers >> St. Louis County, Mo. >>

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