Not to rain on anybody's parade, but the T.H. Hall in the 42nd MS turns out to be Theophilus B. Hall, who joined at Grenada, MS, in May 1862, was captured at Gettysburg in July 1863, and died as a POW at Fort Delaware in December 1863, aged only 18 years. I am truly sorry that this man was not your ancestor. However, remember that soldiers' records from 150+ years ago are notoriously incomplete, so your T.A. Hall may well have served in the 42nd MS, though no records apparently survive to substantiate that service. -- Jim Huffman, Gainesville Vols