Hello Hugh! My thanks to Michael, Alice, and certainly to you for your generous input. This is a wonderful start in helping me understand the history of my ancestor.

The first card in my prvious post you asked about does indeed have some very fine print, the first word of which I cannot entirely read, but says:
"In____t shows: 'Received of Capt. I. A. Hobly, 3d Inf. N.Y.V., three hundred and seventy one prisoners according to roll.-- ROBT. OULD, Agent of Exchange, Feb. 18th, 1863."

I'd be happy to send you a copy of this card and/or all of them. How would you like me to do this? I can scan it into a gif or jpeg or bitmap and either email it or upload it to the internet and send you the link so you can download it directly; or I can simply print a hard copy and snail-mail it; whatever you prefer, I'd be happy to oblige.

The similarity between a written S and G had occurred to me when I first saw the NARA files on C.G.D. There is a book called "Alabama Bible Records" (pub. 1968, Jeanette Holland Austin, Riverside, CA)in which the Bible records of William and Docia Gilbert Dunaway have been transcribed on page 68. Crittenden is the 6th of 9 of their children known to have survived to adulthood. In that Bible it is recorded that "C.C. Dunaway died 2/26/1863" After extensive research, there's no other Dunaway this recorded death could be referring to except Crittenden. Although the original from which that was transcribed is still in existance, I have been unable to find a actual copy of the writing. Even with just the transcription, I think all of this together makes a pretty good case that C.G.D. and C.S.D are one and the same, at least at this point in my research.

I have, as I indicated earlier, ordered CMSR on C.G.D. from Alan/History-Sites because the copy I have from NARA is not the best (that unreadable 4th card nags at me) and there is the remote possibility there might be more than NARA sent to me.

When I click on "Morgan's CSA" beside Crittenden's name on NPS Soldier's and Sailors and click on the names listed in this group, it comes up with 323 names. Obviously, some are different spellings/variations of individuals, so it's not clear how many are listed this way. Do you think these men are actually in related units? Or do you think, as I tend to, that there were a great number of officers in the Confederacy with the surname Morgan (with John Hunt obviously being the best known) and this is simply a loose designation from papers sorted post-war where it was unclear what Morgan was a given soldier's unit (Regimental or otherwise). If the latter is the case, I'm tempted to think, as you suggested, that Crittenden's "Morgan's CSA" is actually referring to John T. Morgan of the 51st AL Partisan Rangers. Do you know anything about that Reg't? Or is that OT here on Prisons and I should post a query concerning it on the Alabama board?

It's highly unlikely I will ever know as much as I'd like to (like everybody with a Confederate veteran in their lineage). But, every teensy bit I do find out adds to my "picture" of this GG-grandfather, of whom I'm very proud.

Thanks so much for your help! I look forward to learning more from you about all this.

Regards,
Penny