A lot of it will never be solved either, the upheaval caused by the wars and post war migration make many of these things impossible to reconcile, we just get to see fragments.
It is why I enjoyed this thread...
In looking through the box of letters my Dad sent to his folks while in Korea, I found a bunch of letters to my Grandma from a Clarence F. Miller, who was in Btry C 535th AAA Bn in WW2.
I have been working hard to figure out who he was, how he knew my Grandparents and who are any descendents. They may be interested in the letters.
However, I also thought I would share them with you all here, because there are some significant historical features. The 535th AAA landed at Utah on D-Day and fought in the Battle of the Bulge and was part of the liberation. In letters I have read, he...
The general assumption is that "all" photos of Confederates are early War. A letter was found where an Army of Northern Virgina private mentions setting for a photo in '64. lots of little nuggets of info in letters.