I have had memories of the American Civil War, where I was soldier from, perhaps, Illinois. In fact, the American Civil War is probably the lifetime that comes up the most in flashbacks and dreams, although that has subsided quite a bit as I have become older. Several times I have had De Ja Vu when I have come across old houses with pillars and large verandas, while other times its because of the similarities of dirt roads or a farm. Its odd what will trigger it. Sometimes its smell, like the smell of a burning campfire. I haven't had any memories from that life that date to the 1850s or earlier, other than this dream. Most of my memories of that life are from between 1861-1864. I have had several flashbacks to other lifetimes both earlier and after the American Civil War and there is a missing time gap between 1864 (my death during the American Civil War) and the early 1890s when my memory of my next past life started.