I've been researching Colonel Corns of the 8th Virginia Cavalry Regiment of the Civil War Confederate Army for my family history too. He was quite an interesting Confederate officer. Colonel Corns's family genealogy is very interesting too. He was born in Wales, not England. I found everything I know about him in James M. Corns: The Ancestry and Life of a Warrior ( http://jamesmcorns.com ). It talks a lot about the Corns family history in Wales, Pennsylvania, Texas, and other places.