European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 29, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Eric Anderson with a civil War reference work can to a captured in a carte tie Vista a memento of a civil War Soldier. Dollars Button once a who s Burg a. Vas originally Ion Are und at a Bayonet Boot the Layman is u know it s tic envelope be items were to Spur ithe Rand Home is the "t5 new 30 acres of a r Twenty five thai belonged  Bennett y to gel the 3 letter to the Luce some or instance. I the Blue tout 25 years i drive the idling Supply to civil War Buff Allen Bennett has an extensive collection of  he says Bennett has a reference Library that explains the items he owns. He has books with titles such As Field artillery projectiles of the american civil War. Plates and buckles of the american military 1795-1874 and even More Confederate faces to which Bennett contributed information about one of the soldiers pictured to become a collector is an easy task. Shops Are common across the states heavily involved in the fighting Many museum shops sell buttons or bullets. Many dealers publish catalogues of what they have for Sale. It is a Hobby that Bennett recommends it s a Good feeling knowing that you can own a Small piece of  Erc Anderson has a Good reason Lor appreciating Tho past if it weren t or history probably would thave gotten out of High school says Anderson assigned to the criminal investigation come in Hanau West Germany. Anderson also has an interest in computers and the marriage of those two interests has been filling up his ire Lime since 1985. He compiles computer lists of the names of civil War soldiers and units thousands of each and Cross matches each with the Battles in which they fought his lists include such information As the Date the unit was formed whether it was disbanded at War s end. Captured or destroyed the number of soldiers lost to Battle and to disease the unit s nickname and its Battles for soldiers he gives the result of their military career killed in action death by disease captured or mustered out. Eventually his lists will be even More detailed he says i can go to the Battle of. Say Cedar mountains and Tho computer will Tell me All the regiments that fought in that Battle explains Anderson once i get it done if you wanted to know All the doctors i could Tell you. Or All the chaplains. Or All Tho  Anderson takes information from a variety of published sources books such As a guide to Virginia military organizations 1861-1865, poster of the Confederate soldiers of Georgia and guide to Louisiana Confederate military units 1861-1865 there Are plenty of other books with similar information so Lar he has listed 4.502 units and 22,972 soldiers names he knows of no one place where All this information is consolidated which gives him Hope thai a repository of military history will be interested in his work. I be talked to several people who Are familiar with the  Institute of military history and they Don t know of anyplace doing this he says. The project grew from an argument with his wife who is German Anderson says he told her that German soldiers fought in the civil War but she did t believe him. To prove is Point he began researching the answer and discovered that foreign soldiers were common. Both sides had Lull units of germans. Scotch Irish whatever he says. Austria Poland. Norway Sweden and Switzerland were also represented in the War Between the states. Anderson confesses to Only a casual interest in the civil War. I like to read military history he says but i m not into How the Battles were  he does however pick up titbits of information while researching names. He has found an occasional suicide. I came across one the other Day of a Guy who was shot by his brigadier general Anderson says. He would t give the password and the general got tired of talking to . 3,1990 stars and stripes Page 15