I found an item of interest to all Civil War buffs- Waco Tribune Herald Monday, oct.12, 1998 about a living son of a Civil War Vet in Moody, TexasIt is in the Brazos Living section- 50 plus section, page 6c. Alexander said his dad would enter a room and if two lamps were burning, he blew one out to save money. My Great Grandmother Moxley would not quilt at night by candle- it was too expensive, she said in a letter to her daughter in Mary Hardin Baylor College, Belton, Texas, charterred by the Republic of Texas along with Baylor Men's College at Independence, Texas. Alexander is the second true son in the loal Felix A. Robertson Post camp 129, Sons of Confederate Veterans. Many Texas County Seats had a Confeterate Veterans Caampgrounds used for picnics , rodeos, & ect. Some such as Mexia are still in use. The camp in Hillsboro is just across the Hwy 22 from the Hill College Confederate Research Center and Audie Murphy Gun museum. Col. Harold Simpon, retired USAF was a director of the center, which has extensive Hood' Texas Brigade records. A Factory Outlet Mall of about 100 stores is a few blocks away on I-35 south of the I-35 East (Dallas) and West (Fort Worth) split., in case the wife wants to shop and you do the research. Downtown antique stores and the restored Hill County Courthouse are worth seeing. The Alexander story blew my mind I had great or great Great Grandads Wyly, Copeland, Moxley, Hipp, Carey, & Stone in the Civil War. all on the Confederacy, but Great Grandma Mary Ann Fleming Moxley had a brother, Jerry Fleming who served in the Us. Army of Northern Aggression, and left for Colorado, then Alaska after that. Anyone ever hear of Jerry? We have found no trace. Happy Hunting Charles Augustine Wyly James Newton Alexander enlisted in the Civil War 3/17/1863. After the war he moved to Moody, Texas and lived in his wagon for 2 years before buying 50 cent an acre land and building a cabin. a son of the second wife, Paul Alexander, was born Moody, Texas 11/20/1915, when his dad was 71. He had one sister and 10 half siblings. John died 1931, age 87. His son and son's wife are pictured in color holding his dad's civil war sword. John had the tip of his finger shot off and once ran a setting hen off her nest to get food between battles. John built a pigeon house with over 700 birds and would kill several squabs at a time and eat the breasts and the rest went into stew. Alexander & Doris recently their 62nd anniversary. He looks about 50 in his photo. On Tue, 1 Sep 1998 18:29:01 -0700 "Barbara Ann Peck" <seawolf@glendale.cc.ca.us> writes: >We received a message from Debbie Fowler today announcing a new >addition to >the North Carolina Revolutionary War Project. > >Read and contribute to "Stories of our Revolutionary War Ancestors." > >If you had ancestors that came from NC during the Revolutionary War >period, >your contributions could make a great difference. > >Go to our "Self Portraits" site at http://www.selfroots.com Scroll >down >the page and click on "Link YourSelf." On "Link YourSelf," go to the >Genealogy Section. This new link is the first one there. It is also >mirrored on the main page of our NCCLAY USGenWeb site at >http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncclay > > >Barbara >seawolf@selfroots.com >http://www.selfroots.com > > > ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]