Hello Steve. Sgt. William Howell Hanks was my wife's ggguncle. His brother Elijah Gillum Hanks was my wife's gggrandfather(he was in th 1st Al Conscripts Company E). Sargent Hanks enlisted in Company A of the 23rd Alabama Infantry Regiment on 19 December 1861. He was married on 2,March 1856 to Mary Francis(last name escapes me) in Wilcox County,Alabama. He was killed at Port Gibson,Ms. 31,May 1863. My e-mail is <jrthomason@live.com> if you would like to contact me. I recommend the book "The Hanks Family of Virginia and Westward". Good luck