Thanks for the great note back, Bruce. My interest in all this stems from finding an ornate red velvet (with heavy gold braiding) sword belt in the overhead of my mom's garage in the Los Angeles area in 1995. It was accompanied by a letter from Capt Mahlon M. Young, 7th Vt Vol Inf saying that the belt was Young's first trophy of the war and that it was "formerly the property of Maj Gen (sic) Tredow (sic) of Louisiana." Young, writing from Camp Jackson, Pensacola in late Jan 1864, sent the letter and belt to my g-g grandfather, Peter T. Washburn, Adjutant Gen of Vermont. I have since learned that Young was KIA at Marianna, FL on 27 Sept 1864. I am doing research on all three of these people with the idea of putting together a monograph at some point. Thanks again for the great info. -Mike