My ancestor was not from Wise county but he too was captured in that place and time. He went to Camp Douglas and died there on March 10,1863. Along with about 3,000 other Confederates that died the same day of smallpox ----- Original Message ----- From: <JEMCCRIGHT@aol.com> To: <txwise@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2009 2:07 PM Subject: Re: [TXWISE] TXWISE Digest, Vol 4, Issue 17 > Dear Clyde, > Documents obtained by Robert (Bob) Benton of Oklahoma City show that > Thomas > Newton McCright was drafted into the Confederate Army on August, 26, > 1862. > He was assigned to Company B, 15th Regiment, Texas Cavalry and was > captured > by the Union Army on January 11, 1863 at Arkansas Post, located about 150 > miles below Little Rock, Arkansas, on the Arkansas River, near where it > empty's > into the Mississippi River. Thomas's brother, Quinton, was in Company G, > 17th Regiment, Texas Cavalry and was also captured at Arkansas Post. Both > Thomas > and Quinton were in what was called Deshler's Brigade and were deployed > near > each other during the battle. The death certificate said that Thomas died > of > Jaundice. I believe you can take that with a grain of salt. > Quinton did not get sent to Camp Douglas and survived the war. > Thank you for the offer of information but as you can see I have quite a > lot. > John McCright > > **************Stay up to date on the latest news - from sports scores to > stocks and so much more. (http://aol.com?ncid=emlcntaolcom00000022) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TXWISE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > >