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Old 02-05-2009, 07:09 AM
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pittsburgpam
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I realized that using the Civil War reproduction called Vicksburg is particularly appropriate for my brother. Our great-great-grandfather, Elias Yarborough, born in 1836, was captured at Vicksburg, Miss. I think I'll write this up for a label on the back of the quilt.

1862 24 Apr. Elias Yarborough (or Yarberry), private, Company H, 36th Regiment, Georgia Volunteer Infantry, Army of Tennessee, C.S.A., Whitfield County, Georgia. Captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July 4, 1863, and paroled there July 9, 1863. Roll for Sept. 1, 1863, last on file, shows him present. No later record. Roster of Confederate Soldiers of Georgia 1861-1865, Henderson, Vol. 3, p. 997.

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