Mr. Taylor, Thank you for checking on my PETTUS folks. The person you mentioned could very well be my ancestor - I have no knowledge of him, really. This was posted on the Find-a-Grave website - I can't verify any of it. William H Pettus Birth: 1831, USA Death: May. 31, 1913 Richmond city Virginia, USA CSA Private Richmond Fayette Virginia Artillery Enlisted on March 5,1862 Wounded at Cold Harbor on June 3,1864 Died at the Soldiers' Home, R.E.Lee Camp #1 Burial: Oakwood Cemetery Richmond Richmond city Virginia, USA Once again, thanks for your help. Beth (Pettus) Maxwell

Dear Beth, There is a lot of information on file on this William H. Pettus at the Library of Virginia. He was admitted to the Robert E. Lee Camp # 1 Confederate Soldiers Home at age 71. I have read his hand written letter requesting to be allowed to come stay at the home stating that his wife and son were both dead and that he was sick and had no place to stay. He did die at the home and was buried in Oakwood Cemetery. He was in the Fayette Artillery and that was also in the documents of the Soldiers Home. You can bring these documents up on your computer through the Library of Virginia website for the Lee Camp Home and actually see his handwriting and signature. The Oakwood Cemetery has a ledger book indicating the number of his grave. We have thousands of Confederate Soldiers buried there without tombstones and marked only with a small square cobblestone with a corresponding number. I am a member of the Virginia Division of the Sons of Confederate Veterans and we are presently working on a project to obtain a tombstone for each of the 15,000 soldiers buried there. I have the honour to remain Madam, Your most humble and obedient servant John Henry Taylor Commander Gen. Robert E. Lee Camp # 1589 Sons of Confederate Veterans johnhenrytaylor@comcast.net ----- Original Message ----- From: <EMAMAMAX@aol.com> To: <VAHANOVE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, June 30, 2006 11:50 AM Subject: Re: [VAHANOVE] Re: Hanover 15th Infantry Companies - Civil War > Mr. Taylor, > > Thank you for checking on my PETTUS folks. > > The person you mentioned could very well be my ancestor - I have no > knowledge > of him, really. > > This was posted on the Find-a-Grave website - I can't verify any of it. > > William H Pettus > Birth: 1831, USA > Death: May. 31, 1913 > Richmond city > Virginia, USA > > CSA > Private > Richmond Fayette Virginia Artillery > Enlisted on March 5,1862 > Wounded at Cold Harbor on June 3,1864 > Died at the Soldiers' Home, R.E.Lee Camp #1 > > Burial: > Oakwood Cemetery > Richmond > Richmond city > Virginia, USA > > Once again, thanks for your help. > > Beth (Pettus) Maxwell > > > > ==== VAHANOVE Mailing List ==== > If you wish to unsubscribe from the Hanover Co., VA mailing list, send > only the word > UNSUBSCRIBE to VAHANOVE-l-request@rootsweb.com or if you are on the Digest > List > to VAHANOVE-d-request@rootsweb.com > > ============================== > New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors > at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: > http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429 >