Frank, you might want to check this out...http://www.suvcw.org/member.htm feel free to give Bob my email. either one of you can contact me if I may be of assistance....you will need to show your direct ancestor's (or the brother or half-brother of your direct anscetor)service record, also you will have to trace out your descent from him...plus pay the big thirty bucks a year, I think you have to fork out an additional five dollars when you first join... I forget...I've been a member for some time...did you know there were some "True Sons" left, their father served in the war. Check out
http://suvcw.org/kids/CWkids.pdf but natch the rebs claim to have survivng widows....got to top them Yankees, lol lol lol

Cump.