NARA would be the place to inquire regarding the war
records.  Which branch I do not recall, but several years ago I
went online and ordered the form to get the war reccords of an
ancestor of mine and was rewarded with a photo copy of a letter
his mother had w ritten to the OFFICERS requesting they send him
because she needed him and besides they did not have her
persmission to enlist him because he was not seventeen years at
the time.  This letter was dated Logansville (Ohio) June the 15,
69.  BTW, if they did not send him home she was going to come and
get him!  His name was Thaddeus Cook.  She was Eliza Cook
(Chesher)  This copy of her letter is very precious to us.
At the time I filed for his records, I was told to be sure and
write in at the top I wanted the complete file, or I might only
get his enlistment papers.
I would advise you to go online to NARA and  request the form
which they will mail to you.
I would suggest when you request  the  form that you state where
he served, etc. because I think the records are kept at different
locations.

Ella in Michigan
----- Original Message -----
From: "qvarizona" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, February 29, 2004 3:47 PM
Subject: Point Lookout POWs


> RE: Confederate POWs:
>
> My g-grandfather was captured at Cedarville in Nov. 1864
> and died in Point Lookout Prison on May 29, 1865.  His name
> is listed on the monument. Two or three years ago I found a
notation
> in prison records (online) that gave his name, prison ID #, and
> a notation stating there were 2 letters from his wife in his
> envelope/file/whatever.   Dumb me, although I made a notation
in                                                      a
temporary location in my computer, I failed to put it where it
was safe,
> and sure enough, you guess it,  I lost the file during a
computer
> crash caused by a virus.   Many times I've tried to find the
online
> site with that information,  but no luck.  Any ideas?  I'm
almost
> ready to think I imagined the whole thing.
>
> Places where it isn't include the Point Lookout State Park web
page.
>
> Joanne
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