THANKS TO ARTHUR BERGERON AND DAVE LANGFORD FOR YOUR RESPONSES. DAVE, MY CROSS AND RIGSBY MEN WERE IN CO. F 63RD INFANTRY IN TENNESSEE. JUST THOUGHT MAYBE THERE MIGHT BE MENTION OF THEM SINCE THEY WERE ALL IN THAT PRISON. AS TO MY FRIEND, SHE'S IN HER 80'S BUT STILL A LIVE WIRE. WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO FIND OUT ABOUT HER SMITH FAMILY FOR YEARS. HER GRANDFATHER AS I SAID J. BEN SMITH OF NATCH. PARISH. THE MILITARY RECORDS INDICATE HE WAS IN THE 2ND. BUT THERE WAS ANOTHER JOHN B. SMITH THERE ALSO. A FAMILY STORY HAS IT THAT J. BEN HAD A PACKET BOAT AND RAN SUPPLIES DURING TH CW. WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO CONFIRM THIS. SHE WOULD REALLY LIKE TO FIND OUT SOMETHING ABOUT HIM. ANY HELP WOULD BE APPRECIATED.
BUNNY TEASLEY