Phillip, Please feel free to post my letter on your page, it would be an honor. I hope to be sending you opinions on many subjects although my specialty is the state flag, of Georgia that is. I got envolved in writing an article in The Red and Black, the newspaper of the University of Georgia where i am currently a student. I will send you the article and others if you would like them. As for my ancestor, i am currently going through the admission process to the SCV like you are. I do not have any individual stories, just what I know of Hagood's Brigade. My other screen name is GenRELee1, when you are on line next, check the profile, you may enjoy it.

"It pleased Almighty God to bestow upon these Southern States a man so formed to reflect His attributes of power, majesty, and goodness!" - Archer Anderson on Lee

Submitted by: RLMcC3

I enjoyed your web page(s) and your message yesterday. Gettysburg, the movie, is what fueled my interest in the Civil War. After writing to the National Archives, I learned that my great uncle, James Thomas King, served in the 115th Illinois, Company F, under General Rosecrans. He volunteered when he was only 18 years old and was supposed to receive $75 bonus. He got $25, and I have no idea if he ever got the balance. He was mustered in September 13, 1862, and was taken prisoner near Lookout Mountain shortly after the battle of Chickamauga. Sent to Libby prison in Richmond, he and all the other prisoners were removed from Libby and sent to Andersonville in May, 1864. He survived and spent the rest of his life in Alton, Illinois, where he was well thought of by the people there. My great grandfather, Lewis Reynolds, I could not receive any information about because I don't have enough information about him. Unfortunately, I have never seen any pictures of either man. No photographs have survived which I regret very much. Have a pleasant Saturday, Phil.

Betty

Dear Reader--Betty is looking for any information she can find on the 115th Illinois, Company F. Any help you can give her, will be much appreciated.

Submitted by: BKelso8564

In Nesquehoning, PA there was an old General Store named Corby's. There were wooden benches outside the store facing East and the old men of the town gathered there to see the sunrise. The men talked about the many places they had been and fought. Places like Bull Run, Manassas, Gettysburg, Harper's Ferry and Antietam were often discussed. The town kids played "chaser" in the alleys about the store but did not pay any attention to the talk of the old men. The kids had never heard of the places the old men talked about. One day one of the old men said "you kids better skedaddle" & one of the kids says "what do you mean?" . Another kid said, "that must be some of the strange language from all those strange places those old men talk about. About 50 years later one of those kids read about the end of Bull Run and how the Confederates did the "Great Skedaddle" when they were turned back at the end of Bull Run. He remembered hearing that word years before and wished that he had listened to those old men's stories. Now many of those stories are lost to future generations because the kids never bothered to listen.

Submitted by: Gingerails