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. > >