You're very right there Alan. The point I was trying to make is it seems a lot of people new to Civil War research don't realize how much free and easy material is available. I know I didn't when I first started, and didn't even know where to look, and the internet was very helpful to me in getting started on the right track.
I am not good at expressing things in the proper context sometimes, sorry if I said anything that would be misleading to the new people.