Here's what I have on Charles Ziglar. If you can add to or correct anything I have, I'd appreciate it. What was his middle name? Why did he come to Va to join the 42nd in 1862? Do you have any letters from him during the war or photos?

ZIGLAR, CHARLES J.: Pvt., Co. F/42nd Va. Born Old Town, Forsyth County, N.C., 11/19/30. Trader, age 18, Henry County, 1850. 1860 cen., farmer, age 30, Newton P.O., Dale County, Ala. Enl. 3/17/62, Henry County. Paid enlistment bounty 3/27/62. Hospitalized Richmond by 6/17/62 when he went AWOL from there. Remained absent from unit through 1/1/63. Joined A/54th Ala. Inf. about 4/4/63 at Greenwood, Miss. Paid at Vicksburg, Miss., 6/30/63 for service from 4/4/63. Captured at Vicksburg 7/4/63; signed parole there 7/9/63 and paroled 7/10/63. No further record. Postwar farmer, Dale County, Ala., 1870; Coffee County, Ala., 1880; and Dale County 1900. Applied for pension there 3/12/1900, claiming to have joined A/54th Ala. in 1863, and to have served honorably until discharged 4/26/65. Reapplied for pension in Dale County 1907, saying he transferred from 42nd Va. to 54th Ala. in 5/63. Living, age 79, Dale County, 1910. Died there 6/7/1916 and buried Mount Olive Cem.

830/03/19?830/11/14 Born 830/03/19 Old Town, Forsyth Co., NC [42Va: 245]; or born 830/11/14 [42Va: 35b11]. Born 830/10/19 [42Va: 288]

850/00/00 Cen Charles Zigler, 18, trader, Henry Co. Born NC. Mother: Jane R., 36. [42Va: 350]

860/00/00 Cen C.J. Zeigler, 30, farmer, Newton P.O., Dale Co., Ala. Born NC. Real estate value: $1500; personal estate value: $30. Wife: Martha, 23. Sons: John, 3, born Ala.; Charles, 2, born Ala. . [42Va: 10s]

862/03/17 Chas. J. Ziglar, Pvt. F/42Va, enl. in Henry Co. Pd. bounty 862/03/27 [42Va: 377, Chas. J. Ziglar]

863/04/04=863/06/30 Pvt. C.J. Zeglar, A/54Ala, was paid $31.90 on 863/06/30 by W[illiam].M. Jones [Capt., Asst Q.M., post QM at Vicksburg, Miss.] for service from 863/04/04 to 863/06/30 [42Va: 276, Roll 453]

863/07/04 Pvt. Charles Zeigler, A/54Ala, captured at Vicksburg, Miss. [42Va: 276, Roll 453]

863/07/09=863/07/10 Pvt. Charles Ziglar, A/54Ala, signed parole at Vicksburg, Miss.; paroled there 863/07/10 [42Va: 276, Roll 453]

870/00/00 Cen C.J. Zegler, 39, farmer, Rocky Head P.O., Dale Co., Ala. Born Va. Real estate value: $500; personal estate value: $500. Wife: M. A., 32. [42Va: 342]

880/00/00 Cen Charley J. Zigler, 49, farmer, Centerville, Coffee Co., Ala. Wife: Martha, 41. [42Va: 343]

900/00/00 Cen Charles J. Ziglar, 69, farmer, Rocky Head, Dale Co., Ala. Wife: Martha, 62. Married 43 years. 12 children, 11 living [42Va: 344]

900/03/12 C.J. Ziglar applied, age 79, for pension in Dale County, Alabama. Served in A/54Ala; enlisted at Greenwood, Miss., in 1863; served until honorably discharged 865/04/26. At time of application was living at Ariton, Ala. [42Va: 287]

907/00/00 Charles Ziglar living, Ariton, Dale County, Alabama. Had entered service as pvt., A/42Va., at Ridgeway, Va., in 862/04. In 863/05, transferred from 42Va to A/54Ala Inf at Greenwood Miss. A/54Ala had previously been H/40Tenn until SO 59, dated Jackson, MS, 862/09/29 [42Va: 245].

910/00/00 Cen Charles J. Ziglar, 79, not working, own income, Rocky Head, Dale Co., Ala. Widower [42Va: 341]

916/06/07 Charles J. Ziglar died 916/06/07; buried Mount Olive Cem., Dale County, Ala. Born 830/11/19. [42Va: 3653d]. Charles J. Ziglar Dd postwar 916/06/17. Buried Mt. Olive Cem., County Road 51, Rocky Head, Dale Co., Ala. [42Va: 4, 35b11]. Buried Mt. Olive Cem., Asbury, Dale Co., Ala

999/99/95 Served in both A/42Va and A/54Ala Inf. [42Va: 35b11]