Hi Dewey. Thank you for your help with my Matthew HALE query. Back in 2003 I wrote to the Genealogical & Historical Room in Washington DC about Matthew HALE in the 42nd Georgia Regiment. This Matthew HALE turned out the be an American, not my Matthew HALE. I have been trying to solve this mystery since 2001. Thanks to Slowhands I think there was time between the April 1861 census and his July 1863 marriage to have served in the US Civil War. I just read over some old notes dated 2001 it says that Matthew HALE was with the Artillery. I am going to have to look into some Artillery Batteries of the South.

Bill White