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From: "Gary Brundidge" <>
Subject: Re: [IAJONES] Andersonville Civil War POW site
Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2002 22:26:25 -0700
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Hi Kevin, could you please look for an Andrew Soper for me please. I know
he passed away in one of the camps but not positive which. Thank you very
much. Gary Brundidge
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kevin Frye" <>
To: <>
Sent: Friday, August 30, 2002 5:29 AM
Subject: [IAJONES] Andersonville Civil War POW site


>
> Hello veterans and newbies of the rootsweb. This posting has been
preapproved my the list owner.
>
> There are some really great folks who are willing to help just for the
asking. I, myself do Volunteer research at Andersonville Civil War Prison in
Andersonville Georgia. There are Any research I do is absolutely at NO cost
>
> and I am willing to do what I can. As there are 1542 prisoners on record
from the state of Iowa and almost 300 who died here, I thought I would send
my offer. . I feel the need to say I am not in anyway
>
> trying to focus on the horrors of Andersonville compared to any POW camp
in the north ..( i.e.Elmira ) or any others and do not wish to stir up
arguments on this site. My focus is dedicated to ALL of those held prisoner
>
> during this war , on both sides as well as all Americans who gave their
freedoms for those that we enjoy today.. I just happen to be near
Andersonville so this is where I do my work
>
>
>
> Here are my sources of research.
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>
>
> There are 2 online databases to do lookups.....One by name...one by
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> Company and Regiment. I also have a copy of the Dorence Atwater Death list
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> which has the names and grave numbers of 12960 graves with only 460 marked
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> as " UNKNOWN " This along with a CD I have which contains 34,000 names of
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> the 45,000 who were imprisoned there which helps me find prisoner records
because of
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> misspellings of the names or alternate names. I visit the prison site
every
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> couple of weeks and have access to the onsite databases as well as the
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> physical files. I would like to let you know of another service I offer
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> which is to take photos of graves for a small fee. Please do not consider
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> this spam as my research offer is FREE for the asking and will be posted
on
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> this county site only once.
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>
>
> If there is anything I can do in helping your research at Andersonville,
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> please just ask.
>
> Please visit my website dedicated to those Americans who were imprisoned
and died in captivity while in the service to our country
> Kevn Frye
> Local Andersonville Historian / National Park Service Volunteer
>
> http://www.angelfire.com/ga2/Andersonvilleprison/index.html
>
> AOL USERS go to http://hometown.aol.com/andersonvillecw/
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