Dale, Thank you very much for this link. I am glad to learn of the CW 150 Legacy Project. I have some material that may be of interest to you. You mention scouring the state of Virginia for material. You might consider scouring outside of Virginia. For example, a great uncle who served in the 4th Virginia Calvary. After the war he and two of his brothers (yes, a real three brothers story) moved to St. Louis. He then later to moved to Tennessee where he applied for (and received) a pension. The pension files give a great level of detail about his unit and especially the surrender--which he refused to attend. He still had his horse and he managed to use it to quietly slip away. Perhaps footnote.com will be a good source for these far-flung types of records. I didn't obtain this information from that site, but it might turn out to be a good resource. Speaking of St. Louis, and Missouri in general, after the war that was a popular destination for Virginians to move considering the federal occupation and devastation of the Old Dominion. It was a very "Confederate friendly" state, despite its own problems during the war which can best be described as schizophrenic. I know your focus is on Virginia, but just wanted you to think "outside the box" a little on other sources of material. Best, Craig Kilby On Jul 21, 2010, at 9:34 AM, Dale Dulaney wrote: > This week’s entry in the “Out of the Box” blog features Library of Virginia > archivists visiting a conference of Civil War historians to spread the word > about our collection. Some of the documents displayed there were gathered > during the pilot phase of the CW 150 Legacy Project, a newly-launched drive > to scour the state to locate and scan privately-held manuscript items relating > to the Civil War. You'll be hearing much more about the project during the > course of the Civil War Sesquicentennial. > > http://www.virginiamemory.com/blogs/out_of_the_box/ > > ______________________________________ > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at > http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html > ______________________________________ To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html