Daniel Allen Lonsway
Camp Beauregard- sorting it all out.
Mon Dec 25 23:24:48 2000


Alan,
I again wish you to know that I am extremely grateful for your help- especially on Christmas! I have just read through your last post, and will begin sorting it all out in my mind (and on paper) either later tonight or early tommorrow.
I can see allready that several units that were generally considered to be present at Camp Beauregard may in fact not have been there at all. I am not sure on how these misunderstandings and misinformation got passed on. I've used so many different sources that It is not an easy task to figure out where I came up with each regiment- but I have them and will try to put them in order.
The text I mentioned, The History of Camp Beauregard, is several pages long. I have at time used books by local authors and/or books (or parts of books) on Columbus to search for any mention of the Camp or Units stationed there.
The main rough-draft of my first list, I pulled from The History of Camp Beauregard. It did not even list all of the Units mentioned in the book, however, and I had to scan it just to copy all of those down. (side note: I checked and double checked my writing & spelling, any mistakes had to have come from the sources that I used).
I will send a picture (or two) of the monument. I can send you a copy of some of the known information that I have on the camp. If you are interested in actually purchasing a copy of this book, I'm sure you could contact the local SCV post. I will check into that If you wish. (The book is 50 pages and I bought mine so long ago that I can not remember how much it costs. I go to the memorial service every year at the first of June.)
Agian, I thank you for your help & time. I will post again as soon as I can organize what you have sent me so far, and I will look into the other.
Very Sincerely,
Daniel Allen Lonsway (Old Dan)






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