I am researching John Edward Denny, Jr. (my g-g-grandfather) who served in Company K of the First Indiana Cavalry 1861-1864. This was detached and assigned in the eastern theater the entire time. I came across William Shugart's name through my good friend Google, but was never quite sure where William served and with what company. Now I can see why I was a little confused. The letters are wonderful for providing flavor and details to the story that you just don't get from the Official Record! After reading through the letters I can see that for a while he was in Virginia and he most likely knew my guy. Company K was not a large group afterall, and if he was assigned to Co. "I" they still probably knew of each other. John Denny never wrote and seldom spoke of his Civil War service, although he did attend GAR events and some reunions of his unit. So I have been trying to re-create his unit history in as much detail as possible. Now that I know more about it, I can see why he was reluctant to talk about it. He was near the center of the storm much of the time.

I find it interesting that students in Scotland are learning about the American Civil War.

Robert Stevens
Miami, FL