Conscript Camp?

[CheathamHill]

I took your advice and got it. How are you accessing historical maps as pictured in your post above? It looks cool, but I'm wondering whether I'm smart enough to operate the thing!

Hey there. So depending on your area if you go to 'more maps' it should give you a list of available maps starting closest to you and going from there. @Chattahooch33 and I (mostly him) have added a ton of GA and VA battlefields. It takes your gps location and shows you where you are currently on the old maps. This has been great for battlefield touring, driving, relic hunting and looking for old home sites. Also you start seeing why certain ridges that still exist today were such prominent defenses then, depending where you are.

You can also create your own maps and there should be a tutorial. If not I will try to help you.

But for now, go to "select map" in the upper left hand corner. You'll see a list of maps you have downloaded, that looks similar to this:

Since you prob don't have any downloaded yet select 'more maps' in the upper right hand corner where you can search by name, browse ALL maps, or create your own, etc.

 

[Anna Elizabeth Henry]

If the Robert Boyd of the last paragraph is your Robert Boyd, records at 6th Headquarters Army Corps show that he signed something to accept terms of parole May 14, 1865 after Lee had surrendered in April. This type of parole is different from parole offered in a POW exchange. Here it is sort of the equivalent to a discharge from the Union Army at the end of the War, a parole from the Union is what the Confederates received rather than a discharge from service from the Confederacy -- there was no longer a Confederate organization to issue discharges to its soldiers at that time and the Union insisted on the soldiers accepting terms before releasing them with parole papers - I don't know for sure, but there were probably some in the Confederate Army whom they would not choose to parole, but preferred to imprison or prosecute.

Interesting! Thanks for the information. I'll have to do some more digging about Robert Boyd as he's turning out to be more fascinating than I thought he would be!

As to why this letter was written, there are two possibilities, one is that it was written in response to any inquiry about his service record from a relative, or two there was an issue possibly about a pension, was he or a widow still alive in 1935? Issues about pensions available to Confederate veterans and widows were prevalent in the 20th Century. Some of the Confederate states started offering them as the veterans grew old and I believe that the federal government also offered some limited pensions to Confederate veterans as well, but very late in the process.

I do think his wife was still alive in 1935, so maybe she was attempting to get some benefits. I appreciate all the information and insight!

 

[alan polk]

Hey there. So depending on your area if you go to 'more maps' it should give you a list of available maps starting closest to you and going from there. @Chattahooch33 and I (mostly him) have added a ton of GA and VA battlefields. It takes your gps location and shows you where you are currently on the old maps. This has been great for battlefield touring, driving, relic hunting and looking for old home sites. Also you start seeing why certain ridges that still exist today were such prominent defenses then, depending where you are.

You can also create your own maps and there should be a tutorial. If not I will try to help you.

But for now, go to "select map" in the upper left hand corner. You'll see a list of maps you have downloaded, that looks similar to this:

Since you prob don't have any downloaded yet select 'more maps' in the upper right hand corner where you can search by name, browse ALL maps, or create your own, etc.

Thanks. Later tonight when I get a chance I'm gonna give it a go. If I need help, I'll come back here!

 

[CheathamHill]

Thanks. Later tonight when I get a chance I'm gonna give it a go. If I need help, I'll come back here!

or just PM me if you need to