From: "Clifford Williams" <brencliff75@earthlink.net> To: <NEW-GEN-URL-L@rootsweb.com> > Please be informed of two microfilm reels (NARA Series M233-20, 21) > entitled "The Descriptive & Historical Register of Enlisted Soldiers in the U.S. Army 1835-1846," > from which I have extracted and compiled some very interesting data. > The data is of special interest to all Historians, Genealogists, Librarians, Teachers > and Students worldwide. Ten's of thousands of individual records can easily be searched, producing > very rewarding discoveries and valuable insight to the period. With this information, ancestry links > will be made for many who reached a dead-end at the 1850 U.S. Census. > > Each soldier's entree may include some, or all, of the following: > > Name: > Birthplace: > Age: > Height: > Hair Color: > Eye Color: > Date of Enlistment: > Place of Enlistment: > Enlisted by: > Unit assignment: > Discharge Date: > Cause of Discharge: > Desertions: > Re-enlistment's: > Location: > Rank: > > The majority of these young men had been born in Germany.Many came from Ireland and > several of the eastern Provences of Canada. Thousands of them saw battles during the > Seminole Wars in Florida, and then fought in the War with Mexico as well. > > For those of you who are interested, please visit the web site linked below. > There, you will find the records of the those soldiers (1,690) who served any > length of time at the Buffalo Barracks, as a result of the concerns generated > by the Patriots War. > > I wish you all a pleasant and successful adventure. > > Sincerely yours, > Col. Clifford R. Williams > > > The Buffalo Barracks Historical Web Site > http://www.buffalonet.org/army/home.html > email: buffalobarracks@hotbot.com