Two of my wife's great-great-grandfather's :

Sergeant John Franklin Carter

Served in the 21st Virginia Infantry Battalion and 64th Virginia Mounted Infantry Co.C. One of few who escaped capture at Cumberland Gap in Sept. 1863. He surrendered and was paroled at Cumberland Gap,Tn May 1865 In later years he attempted to sue the Federal Goverment over the loss of a horse. One of 5 brothers from Scott County. Two of the brothers served in the Union 7th Kentucky Infantry.

Private James Monroe Harris

Enlisted 5/20/1861 at Estillville, Va. ( present-day Gate City.) Mustered the same day into Co.D 37th Va.Inf. Re-enlisted and received pay at Camp Mason, N.C. on 2/18/1862. '' On the Rolls '' 12/15/1862 Wounded and Captured 7/3/1863 at Gettysburg, Pa. Right leg amputated on the battlefield. Hospitalized at Chester,Pa. 7/8/1863. Transferred 10/4/1863 to Hammond General Hospital, Point Lookout, Prison Maryland Transferred to City Point, Va. ( for prisoner exchange ) 3/6/1864. One of the early patients of Dr. James E. Hanger.