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Posted by Mike Conley --Previous Message--
on 3/1/2005, 4:55 pm, in reply to "Confederate Conley"
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Forgot to mention, that he was most likely captured at the Battle of Pea Ridge in NW Arkansas..... many of the prisoners in Alton were from that battle....interesting note: The Cherokee Indians fought for the Confederates during the battle and one Chief is listed on the monument and his unit is: 1st Cherokee Cavalry
: I am a Conley living in Alton Illinois
: (Just North of St. Louis on the
: Mississippi) During the Civil War
: Alton had an infamous CW Confederate
: POW camp. Approx. 5000 died here and
: there is a National Cemetary just
: North of Alton where many were
: buried in a mass grave. There's a
: monument with approx. 2000 names on
: it.... one is a Conley and thought
: it might help someone out there with
: their ancestry....His name is
: Richard Conley, Company A/ 2nd
: Arkansas. My grandparents and great
: grandparents are from Southern
: Illinois around the Cave-in-Rock
: area. Hope this helps someone.
: Mike Conley
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