This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/xhC.2ACE/751.1.2.1.1 Message Board Post: Thank you so much for all of this information. I will put it to good use this summer when I have some time off. I think that we have some pretty good libraries in my area that will have some Civil War information. Could you tell me if you have visited any battlefields and if I was going to begin visiting them, from the Marshall County area, where would be a good place to start. Thanks for your help, linda

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/xhC.2ACE/751.1.2.1 Message Board Post: You've asked an important question, and I'm glad you presented it for others to consider. Over a three-year period I searched for men of potential military age on the 1860 federal population census of Barbour County Ala. Results after several thousand attempts were a bit short of three thousand matches. Several men's names appeared in records of multiple units, so you might expect to see that. I'll briefly review the basics of my research method. Start with a particular county such as DeKalb or Marshall and exhaust your possibilities there before moving on to another. Attempting to search multiple areas will quickly become confusing and may discourage you. Select a county in which you can find good resources, and use that to train yourself in how to research the census and military records. Next, review the county census to see which males were of "military" age during 1861-1865. I found the age range 12-46 to work well. Sometimes men older than 46 in 1860 enrolled, but these were few and far between. As for adolescents, rarely does anyone younger than 12 in 1860 appear in ANY military unit. Age is a strong factor: if you find two men on a county census named Anson Bradley, but see only one CSA military record, look at their ages. If one's in his late teens and another's in his late thirties, it's a safe bet the younger Anson Bradley actually served. You need to know what companies were recruited in your target county. Nearly every military company was recruited in and around a particular community. If that community existed near county lines, you'll find men from each county in the company. As a rule of thumb, 75% of the members of any given company lived within a ten mile radius of their assembly or muster point. Of course there are exceptions, but start by looking in just those companies. How do you determine which companies were recruited from what counties? The answer usually requires some work on your part. You may find a publication or a website that lists companies recruited in and around a particular county. I can look a list of Alabama companies and tell you where each was from, but that's because I've spent years working with Alabama Confederate records. One day I'd like to have checklists for each Alabama county like my Cherokee County website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~alcherok/p-index.htm but they're not available yet. Ken Jones has a good website on Alabama that will answer a number of state-related questions regarding the war. Jim Martin maintains a number of state-based Civil War message boards. They seem to attract responses from a large number of knowledgable people. You might just ask about a family member or two from a particular county. It really helps to know where they lived in 1860 and a full name or at least a middle initial. Sometimes people will offer that they *may* have an ancestor named John Smith or John Smitherman; don't know his age or where he lived, but he may have been in the Civil War: can anyone help? There aren't going to be any answers; not polite ones, anyway. Jim offers some suggestions for how to pose questions on his FAQ page: http://history-sites.com/alcwmb/faq_al.htm I hope this helps answer more questions than it raises.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/xhC.2ACE/501.504 Message Board Post: Sara, Could it have been "50" instead of "So"? Have you looked in Broadfoots Roster? Leland

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Armstrong, Parker Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/xhC.2ACE/681.1.1.2.1 Message Board Post: Thanks for the response. I did find Salathiel F. Parker's Military Records and got copies, but, thus far have not found his wife's Widow's pension records or at least nothing more than her filing. I would love to have the date it stopped. I would have the year she died then. We are trying to find that for the tombstone we had made. Thanks again, Winnette

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/xhC.2ACE/501.503 Message Board Post: Sara The battle of New Hope church involved several Ala regiments. The main brunt of the battle was on Stewart's division which had several Ala regiments to name a few Bakers brigade 37th, 40th, 42th , and 54th Ala. are some I am aware of. The 40th Ala was raise mostly from south Ala Pickens county,and Mobile. Good luck Jimmy Terry

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/xhC.2ACE/681.1.1.2 Message Board Post: Winnette The Alabama Archives and history in Montgomery has original muster rolls of Co. A 37th. I have a relative in Co. A. It is unfortunate but most confederate civil war regiments have incomplete muster rolls. Usually you will find rolls dating 62, 63, and maybe early 64. I have found very few after the start of the Atlanta campaign in may 64. I did find an amusing letter written after the war by an officer of the 19th Ala that shed some light on why this is so, he states that during the middle of the Atlanta campaign he sent his body servant home with his satchel containing muster records because in his words " killing yankees began to take priority over keeping records". There is no telling how many muster records met such fates. If you come to Montgomery, you can view the originals, the staff at the archives are very helpful. Good luck Jimmy Terry decendent of Co. C 37th Ala

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/xhC.2ACE/753 Message Board Post: Need names and service records of All Color Bearers, Ensigns, and members of the Color Guards. All units from all states needed.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/xhC.2ACE/594.1.1.2 Message Board Post: This man might have served in the War of 1812, but was too old (almost fifty) to have enlisted in the Mexican War, and certainly too old (almost seventy) to have been in the Civil War. Perhaps his grandchildren were soldiers.

Re: Agricultural census of 1860 Did other states also conduct such an agricultural census? I noticed this path just showed Virginia. Any help is greatly appreciated.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Parker Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/xhC.2ACE/608.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: 1st i would like to thank you for your reply,2nd please note my new email address tpparker@webtv.net and 3rd i must say that i am sorry but i have no names of anyone else that may have died in any battles around that area if in fact that is what you are seeking. Terry Parker

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/xhC.2ACE/721.1.1 Message Board Post: Thanks Linda I really don't have any information about John Webb except he came from Dekalb county Alabama. He had a son named Will Webb that lived up above Keener in Etowah County whose son was Daniel who was my grandfather. Thanks for the reply. I don't know where you are from but I live in Marshall County and there are a large number of Childers and Childress that live around here. Thanks Jerry

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/xhC.2ACE/594.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Linda, In the 2nd Alabama Infantry Regt. Company H, I have a James F. Blake, enlisted at Mobile, Al. and sick (absent) at Mt. Vernon.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/xhC.2ACE/752 Message Board Post: Colonel May built the house that I own in 1851 and I would love some more information on him.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/xhC.2ACE/751.1.2 Message Board Post: Dear Allen, I see your named listed in many of these queries. I am very very new to researching my ancestors who might have been in the Civil War. Is there a site or some place that I might read How To Get Started??? Most of my names are in Marshall/DeKalb, Etowah Co., Alabama, Alpharetta, GA., and McMinn, TN. Thanks, linda

Does anyone have any information on my great great Grandfather Henry A. Forrester? He was in Chisolm's Company Alabama Calvary from Henry County, Alabama. I believe he was listed as H.A. Forrester. ----- Original Message ----- From: pittsaj14@hotmail.com Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2002 11:53 AM To: AL-CIVIL-WAR-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [AL-Civil-War] Re: info on 13th battalion alabama partisan rangers This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/xhC.2ACE/751.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Yes, there is another Johnson in this company [Co. "D" 13th P.R. Battn.; later Co. "H" 56th P.R. Regt.]. All of them enlisted at Jasper Ala. on Sept. 6, 1862. All appear on roll through Oct. 1863, the last issue on file. The names are Freeman, N. J. and W. M. Johnson, the last named on roll as a bugler. Although Johnson is a common name, these men should be close together on the Walker County 1860. Also, have you ever used the agricultural census for 1860? Those who need only names, dates and places won't be interested, but if knowing how your ancestors lived had any attraction to you, this is it! The ag. schedule provides more detail than most can imagine about these people's farms. It records everything they raised or made except distilled liquor, and every animal except dogs, cats and feathered creatures. Here's an abstract of a Virginia County for 1860: http://www.ls.net/~newriver/gray60ag.htm Alan "No wisdom, no understanding, no counsel, can avail against the LORD." Prov. 21:30 ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/xhC.2ACE/594.1.1 Message Board Post: I have John Andrew Fowler born 1898, died in Marshall Co., AL at the age of 104.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/xhC.2ACE/690.1 Message Board Post: hey, I am very very new to looking at my genealogy names for civil war connections. Can you tell me the best place to even start??? All of these battles and skirmishes just confuse me. Most of my families are in Marshall/DeKalb/Etowah, Ala, McMinn, TN, Alpharetta, Ga. THANKS, LINDA

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/xhC.2ACE/608.1.1.1 Message Board Post: would you please look to see if you find any of these names in that skirmish? they lives around stone mountain, GA. thanks, linda

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/xhC.2ACE/594.1 Message Board Post: Hey, I have these names in Alabama, mostly Marshall and DeKalb and Etowah counties. Do i need to give you more info for a look up?? thanks, linda

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/xhC.2ACE/721.1 Message Board Post: In 1802 Haniabel or Anehoam Webb was born in TN but moved to Alabama either DeKalb or Marshall co. and married Isaac Childers/ Childress. I am not sure but I think that her father is Julius Webb and she named one of her sons Julius Webb Childers/Childress. Does this match anything that you might have?