George, I'm not sure we're talking about the same William Flanary, the one I'm looking for was 55 y/o in 1902 when he applied for his Confederate pension. O his appplication he stated that he joined in the winter of 1864 at Cumberland Gap and served for about one year leaving at the close of the war. If you take 55 from 1902, he would have been born in 1847, 15 years later would have been 1862 not 1864... did they actually enlist 15y/o boys as sargents!?!?