May I suggest you write up what you remember and if this all or mostly happened in White County, donate a copy to the White County Historical Society.
If outside of White County, donate a copy to Butler Center as Grandpa's Stories. With your background, you could surely have a winner there. I am quite serious about that.
You and I are probably the last generation of "children" to care about the stories.
I well remember what my grandmother said about her own grandfather, J. D. Pearce of the 8th Arkansas, when I asked who did he serve with. With those blue eyes flashing, "Why, the Confederacy of course!" The story J. D.'s brother wrote for a widow's pension told of going out to pick him up at Shiloh and then taking him home to heal with J. D. going off on the 4th of July to catch up with his men, is very touching.
My own great grandfather J. T. Harper of the 5th Tenn. was born in 1840 and since we multiplied rather slowly, his last great great grandchild was born in 1988, which is quite a span. He was one of those who survived being shot at Shiloh. We still talk about the Civil War at family reunions as it is really closer for us than some others.
Thanks for all the input.
Linda