Only two Arkansas Bunkers I know are James C (RN=25751) and Joseph S (RN 25752). They are not in my database gil ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bette Richards" <betterichs@earthlink.net> To: <BUNKER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2003 5:23 PM Subject: researching civil war people > I am looking for a man that died during the Civil War. He was a Confederate > soldier and there are not a lot of lists of those soldiers so my search is > not going to be a cinch. He died Oct 1, 1836 and served with Arkansas > troops. > > 1) Search http://www.us-civilwar.com/battles.htm to see if there was a > battle at that time or shortly before. Answer: not real close. > > 2) Look for regimental history > http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/9787/milst1.html and look at those for > Arkansas. I learn that his regiment fought in all the battles with Johnson > during 1863. Many of these were little skirmishes. > > 3) A search of possible sites leads me to this wonderful site > http://www.couchgenweb.com/civilwar/ and I do a surname search for Bunker. > Guess what? There he is and as an extra bonus, so is his brother. > > So, if you can't find your ancestor by doing surname searches on the regular > sites, try going for historical ones that tell you what battles were fought > and where, regimental histories as sometimes have rosters. > > Incidently, my guy was wounded in a battle in 1861 but died of disease in > 1863. I got a physical description of him too. This was an easy one but > this is just a little "lesson" on where to look for these things. There is > a multitude of Civil War sites and you can get overwhelmed. Going to battle > and regimental histories sometimes cuts the time down a lot. And sometime > you just have to keep plowing through all those sites, one by one. > > Bette > > > > > ==== BUNKER Mailing List ==== > Post your information and queries. We love it. No BUNKER rock left untouched. Spelling variations ok - we don't "know" the original. > >