Hear! Hear! My husband's g grandfather was Absolem Madden West, Brig. Gen. from Mississippi. I have copies of dispatches that he wrote, but cannot find any reference to him any where. Jean Harrison Sam West wrote: > What about any of our fine Confederate Wests? There were many of us Wests > on the other side during the War of Northern Aggression, including my great > grandfather William Leech West! > > Captain Samuel A. West III