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Putting a bounty on these soldiers

George and others who enjoy researching try your skills on these soldiers.

1)Josiah Simonise Company A 6th Kentucky Regiment CSA Date of Death February 15, 1863
2)Benjamin Fetterl 3rd Virginia Cavalry CSA Date of Death October 31, 1862
3)James Weans Company C 7th Kentucky Regiment CSA Date of Death November 5, 1862

These three soldiers are suspected of being Union troops. The reason why they are suspected is because they do not show up on the Confederate Dead List with the Camp Chase records. No source is without its errors. Having said that I have found the Dead List to be most accurate thus far. The names listed above were recorded by Chap. Tolford in 1867 by him going to the gravesites writing down their information from the wooden headboards. Two issues about Tolford, he had hand writing that only a mother could love. Another is that the wooden markers had already started to decay. He had men like Valentine spelled Walentine.

In the case of Jacob Lake see article

http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2012/05/28/blue-among-gray.html

Lake's headboard must have said something like Jacob Lake 90th Penn. Inf. at one time. However over the years the curve on the P might have broken away and that is why Tolford thought it said T. ie Penn. Tenn. This is just a theory but it seems a likely one.

5 out of the 6 soldiers listed in the article came from border states and fold 3 can pick up those Union troops in Ky.Tn.WV. and Mo.

If someone should find one of these soldiers it would be great. Your name will be acknowledged and forwarded on. Just one rule the CMSR must record the soldier dying at Camp Chase on or about the time of death as shown above. It is very possible I may have overlooked them due to long research hours. Josiah Simonise might be Josiah Simons for example. Benjamin Fetterl may be Benjamin Fletter? James Weans may be James W. Eans? There are just so many different spellings and letter formations.

Another clue is that these soldiers are also suspected as being captured and may hve been put on parole until the exchange was made. One thing seems certain their last names are spelled wrong.

You are doing raw research if you choose to look for these soldiers. By that I mean you will not be able to copy or search for something that is not known. It is possible they could be Confederates but more than likely they are Union soldiers. They have been known as Confederates for about 150 years now. Will you be the one to set the record straight?