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From: "Peggy A. Young" <>
Subject: Re: [GAFORSYT-L] help with Civil War unit from Forsyth
Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2001 20:40:06 -0600
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Could the one who sent the "The Cherokee
Legion " link send it again? I accidentally deleted mine?
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From: "David Bell" <>
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Sent: Friday, March 23, 2001 8:26 PM
Subject: Re: [GAFORSYT-L] help with Civil War unit from Forsyth


> Re Mr. Woodward's suggestion re application to the National
> Archives::
>
> With respect -- you may save your time and postage. The Cherokee
> Legion was a part of the Georgia State Guards and, as such, was not
> formally affilitated with the Confederate States Army. Consequently,
> unless your ancestor happened to have been a Federal POW, it's highly
> unlikely that any records of his wartime activities will be found at the
> National Archives. You'd be much better served by directing your
> inquires to the Georgia State Archives -- which, by the way, has
> duplicates of all Georgia-related Civil War materials on file at the
> National Archives.
>
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