Below is the text of an e-mail from a McCulloch County TX historian about Samson Ben McGee.
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I live in Lohn Texas where we have turned a 100 year old
store into a museum and are preserving as much history on
our veterans buried in cemeteries in our area Sansom Ben
McGee is a CSA veteran buried at Pear Valley Do you have
an additional information on him other than I have found
on your website Was hrelated to anyone in the Pear Valley
area We are trying to find photos and info for our Veterans
Wall of Honor in the old store
Thank you, xxxx, Lohn Texas.
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From my 200-page Name Index:
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McGEE, Samson Benjamin McGee (1843 LA-1920) m-C. Nobles; Maxey's 9th Inf, Co D; 11th Cav, Co C (Titus Co, TST), A-85, A-169, A-201, A-274
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Many soldiers are mentioned on more than one CSA regimental roster. .. For each soldier mentioned in my Name Index, I have tired to include all CSA military units in which he is listed. ..Please understand that I have tried to consistantly pack as much relevant info as possible into each Index entry. ..I cannot expand my 200 page-Index since my 5th edition was 1,046 pages.
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Changing names. When a soldier enrolled in more than one CSA regiment, he would usually change his name, i.e. reverse his first and middle name or initials, change the spelling of his last name (e.g., Sampson Magee vs Samson McGee in the 9th Infantry and 11th Cavalry, respectively.) Since I have at least 10,000 soldiers mentioned in my book, I've searched a couple of databases. ..(I have 240 militias listings that average about 60 men each, and of course, many men were in more than one militia.)
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American Civil War Database. I highly recommend that serious researchers subscribe to American Civil War Database: >http://www.civilwardata.com/active/index.html< ..I have used it all day, every day for years. And by the way, it is a great tool for determining the various spellings of a name.
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Patti, prochette@Juno.com
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