In a message dated 9/29/02 7:24:06 PM Central Daylight Time, rvail1@cfl.rr.com writes: << 194989 Vail H. I 62nd Reg't, GA Cav. Private Private 194989 194990 Vail H. I 8th Reg't. GA Cav. Private Private 194990 194991 Vail Henry G 3rd Inf. Reg't Private Private 194991 194992 Vail J. C 21st Inf. Reg't. Private Private 194992 194993 Vaile Henry I 62nd Reg't, GA Cav. Private Private 194993 194994 Vails John F 43rd Inf. Reg't. Private Private 194994 194995 Vails Joseph G 3rd Inf. Reg't Private Private 194995 194999 Vale Henry G 3rd Inf. Reg't Private Private 194999 Doesn't look like upward movement in the ranks was a forte of the Vail's!! >> Robert, That's a whole lot more Georgia Vails than I found, although your three H. I. Vails are almost surely the same person. Nicholas J. Vail enlisted as a private in an Illinois regiment and became the commander of the 14th U. S. Colored troops. He was breveted a brigadier general at the end of the war. After that, he flat disappeared. Steve