Hi John, I tried that site and it is great!!!! Thanks a lot!!! marge ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ed Sanders" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, September 27, 2002 12:28 PM Subject: Re: [AGS] Union troops in Arkansas > John, > An additional thought is that you might try locating your soldier in the _Civil > War Soldiers and Sailors System_. > You can search very broadly by choosing from the categories at the top o the > search engine page the various lists within the system. > I once found an obscure southern partisan leader simply by doing an electronic > search for his name in the Official Records of the War of the Rebellion, > laughing at my own desperation as I hit "Enter." Imagine my surprise when "Tuck > Smith" harvested a full typed page. The odds were almost unimaginable. First, > "Tuck" is a nickname! Secondly, his surname was "SMITH!!" Nevertheless, there > he was --raising hob with the Federal troops occupying Fayetteville, AR. > I guess the moral involved is the familiar "Don't give up." > > <http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm> > > Best wishes, > Ed > > [email protected] wrote: > > > Hello Ed: > > > > Thanks for your response. I think the info you provided may have resolved my > > question. I am researching a Confederate relative who was befriended by a > > Union army Chaplain assigned to the 1 Michigan Sharpshooters. My relative > > was badly wounded at the Battle of Helena, July 1863, losing his left arm. I > > have been trying to determine when their paths may have crossed. Camp > > Douglas may be it. I had recently seen information my relative may have been > > a prisoner but I had discounted that since his military records, albeit > > meager, or family oral stories, did not have him being captured or paroled. > > That view may have changed now. I'll research this direction now. > > > > May regards, > > > > John Brewer > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > Wrom: QWOYIYZUNNYCGPKYLEJGDGVCJVTLBXFGGM > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2002 8:36 PM > > Subject: Re: [AGS] Union troops in Arkansas > > > > > John, > > > I am not the last word, but all I can find in the Official Records > > indicates that the First Michigan Sharpshooters never got > > > closer to Arkansas than Stone's River and Chickamauga. > > > Their official history is: > > > > > > Dyer's Compendium, Part 1 (Campaigns etc.) > > > Organization List > > > As part of the _Army Official Records of the War of the Rebellion_. > > > 1st Regt. Sharpshooters. <dy_26> The "dy" reference is to Dygert's Co. > > > > > > 1st REGIMENT SHARPSHOOTERS.- > > > Org. at Kalamazoo and Dearborn April 14 to Oct. 7, 1863. Aug., 1863, > > > Camp Douglas, Chicago, Ill. March, 1864, 2 Brig., 3 Div., 9 Corps, > > > Potomac. Sept., 1864, 2 Brig., 1 Div., 9 Corps, > > > Potomac. Mustered out July 28, 1865. > > > > > > Best wishes, > > > Ed > > > > > > [email protected] wrote: > > > > > > > For Civil War buffs > > > > > > > > Are there any records that the 1st Regiment of the Michigan Sharp > > Shooters > > > > were part of the Union forces in Arkansas in 1863? > > > > > > > > John Brewer > > > > > > > > ==== AGS Mailing List ==== > > > > Please do not forward or cross post messages to this list or from this > > list without the permission of the original author. > > > > > > ==== AGS Mailing List ==== > Please do not forward or cross post messages to this list or from this list without the permission of the original author. > >