L C Lanphere
Union Springs
Tue Jan 30 09:50:44 2001


I suspect you are correct! However Col Patterson was assigned recruitment when in the 4th Cav before assignment to the 5th. So with the 4th forming at Montgomery, he may have taken the recruits from NW AL to Union Springs to muster in. Unlikely but you see they had a travel allowance but for only 70/80 miles. Maybe it was the mileage from Montgomery to Union Springs. Also may be lost in history. The Howells Store I believe to be in Cherokee Co and it later became Howells X Road. However I also had a reply that it might have been on an old home place in Marion Co. I appreciate your reply and thoughts.






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