Could someone with Fold3 access take a look at (4th gen great-grandfather) Elijah Boles if possible? I found some info on Ancestry.com stating he served in the 6th Alabama Cavalry and wanted to see if there were more documents. I never even thought to look for him originally because he was born in 1808 so he would have been 53 when the war started. Would a man of that age serve back then? I would have thought that would be too old. Several of his sons served including my 3rd gen great-grandfather but I would have thought 53 would be way to old. He was a sheriff in the local town from what I've found out but still, that's pretty old to be signing up it seems.