Jim Martin
George W. Gayle
Thu Apr 26 22:35:52 2001


Dear Mr. Savas,

Welcome to the Alabama in the Civil War Message Board. You are well known here as a publisher of books on the War Between the States. I hope you'll visit often.

I've done a little searching on the internet and found this excellent family genealogy which includes quite a bit of sourced information on your George W. Gayle.

http://pages.prodigy.net/procyon/swepson/nancy.html

I've been unable to find any of the sons of the Governor who attended West Point. Could you be thinking of Bristor B. Gayle, commander of the 12th Alabama Infantry? Bristor Gayle was born in North Carolina while the George W. Gayle family was in South Carolina prior to coming to Alabama.

Are you working on something regarding the Lincoln assassination?

With best regards,

Jim Martin