6th miss newcomer

[john stanton]

hello, my name is john and i would like to greet everyone in the civil war forum. i especially would like to hear from anyone who has info on my civil war ancestors or of their units or their ucv or gar camps and posts. my southern ancestor is brig gen robert lowry who was also governor of the state of miss. my union ancestor is pvt samuel watkins of the 31st ill inf reg who was killed in action at ft donalson. if you know any relatives of either of these individuals who might offer more insight about these individuals, drop me a line and say hello. i have a bit of info on pvt watkins and more on lowry. i would be curious to find other relatives of each. i am also looking for obtaining personal papers of gen lowry and as well as his tenure as gov and also as director of the state of miss ucv. my union ancestor's gar unit was post 219 in pinckneyville, il. i would like to seek any memorabilia from that post or of any soldier from his unit the 31st ill. hope to hear from you soon. thanks, john

 

[7th Mississippi Infantry]

Hello John.
Welcome to CivilWarTalk.

 

[lelliott19]

Hello John. Welcome to CivilWarTalk! Happy to have you aboard. Unfortunately, I can not offer any of the information you are seeking, but the experts here are always happy to help and will be along shortly to fill you in on your ancestors' service.

 

[7th Mississippi Infantry]

General Lowry's 1870s era home in Jackson, MS was placed on the Mississippi Heritage Trust's 10 Most Endangered Historic Places list in 2005.
http://www.mississippiheritage.com/lets-save-lowry/

 

[Private Watkins]

Howdy and welcome from Oklahoma from an entirely different Private Watkins...

 

[lelliott19]

More info about the house from MDAH https://www.apps.mdah.ms.gov/Public/prop.aspx?id=11805&view=facts&y=1176

And the link to Lowry's Find A Grave memorial in Brandon MS http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=11019

And a MS History Now article about Lowry's service as 32nd Governor http://mshistory.k12.ms.us/index.php?s=extra&id=134

Here's a bit about Watkins.
Watkins, Samuel
Born : About 1820
in Illinois
Died : 15Feb1862
in Tennessee Burial :
Unknown Samuel Watkins, a married farmer from Pinckneyville, Perry Co., IL.
stood 5' 8½" tall with dark hair, blue eyes and a fair complexion.
He was born in Wayne County, Illinois.
Served during the Civil War with the Union Army,
with Co. A, 31st Illinois Infantry
Enlisted on August 15, 1861
Mustered in as a Private on September 18, 1861 in Cairo, IL.
Died on February 15, 1862, in battle, at Fort Donelson, Tennessee
http://genealogytrails.com/ill/perry/pcvets/vets_w.html

 

[reading48]

Hello and Greetings from Penna.

 

[Tumbleweed]

Welcome from Wisconsin.

 

[18thVirginia]

Welcome.

 

[truthckr]

Welcome from the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia.

 

[Gandycreek]

Welcome.

 

[Al Murray]

Welcome from West Virginia.

 

[frontrank2]

Welcome from NJ, and the Lincoln Forum.

 

[Albert Sailhorst]

Howdy and Welcome!

 

[Stony]

Welcome.

 

[kholland]

Welcome from Maryland, John.

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[pamc153PA]

Hello and welcome from Pennsylvania!

 

[chellers]

Greetings and welcome from East Texas.

 

[major bill]

Hello and welcome to the forum I hope you find the information you are seeking.

 

[Patrick H]

Hi, John and welcome from Missouri.