They came from a swath of Piney Woods extending almost from the Atlantic Ocean to near the Mississippi River. They weren't wealthy plantation owners, hardly any of them ever owned a single slave; the were not zealots for states' rights, or any of the other reasons often cited for the War Between the States. They enlisted for the fifty dollar bounty and the eleven dollars a month to provide for their families.These are our kin from the Civil War (or War Between the States or War of the Rebellion if you prefer). None of these men ever expected to see their names in print, nor could they have ever imagined their stories available to everyone in the world via the internet. They, and the women who loved them, deserve to be remembered. Wayne and Pat