Nikki, John Singleton Mosby is a distant ancestor of mine. I have some books on him and some Mosby family information that I have obtained separately. From one of the books it states that his first name of John came from his Uncle and also his Grandfather Mosby. I searched through some other data I have gathered........and found this bit of information: For his middle name......he was named after 'Virginia Cabell's' father and grandfather. His mother's name was Virginia McLaurine. But his Aunt....named Virginia Cabell, had married his Uncle John Mosby. From a personal letter copied in one of my Mosby books after the birth of John Singlteon, it appears that these two sister-in-laws were very close. I hope this helps. Edith

There is a pretty complete pedigree for Mosby on Ancestry.com (and WorldConnect Project - which is free). I didn't see any Singletons there. Sharon

In a message dated 8/9/03 8:43:42 AM Eastern Daylight Time, mpruddy@msn.com writes: Does anyone know where the name Singleton comes from in Colonel Mosby's name? I have been unable to find anything and just thought I would give it a chance. Nikki: "Mosby's Rangers," by Jeffrey Wert states that Mosby was born at Edgemont, Powhatan County VA to the union of Virginia McLaurine & Alfred D. Mosby. No other branch of the family tree is mentioned. Sincerely, Mike Peters npeters102@aol.com

Nikki You may want to take the genealogy given on this page and research using LDS to see if there are Singletons somewhere up one of the branches. http://www.mosbymuseum.org/history/geneology.pdf Mike > Does anyone know where the name Singleton comes from in Colonel Mosby's > name? I have been unable to find anything and just thought I would give it > a chance. Thanks. > Nikki >

Does anyone know where the name Singleton comes from in Colonel Mosby's name? I have been unable to find anything and just thought I would give it a chance. Thanks. Nikki American Experience http://home.ptd.net/~nikki Civil War, Terrorism, Genealogy, Memorial Day and more Character is doing the right thing when nobody is looking. J.C. Watts

Hi, can someone tell me if a person joined the Civil War if he still had to become a citizen. I have 2 Rosenhauers who were in the Civil War and would like to find out if they would have to file papers, they both say they became citizens. Sue

conaught2 wrote: > > It has been a few years since I've tried to find information about my Great Grandfather Patrick (Paddy Jimmy Owen) Doherty (Dougherty)... > ...If he lived in Braddock wouldn't be more than likely have enlised in Pittsburgh? ---------------------- Close to home would be the general rule, but too many people broke it. Sometimes guys even enlisted in another state. For instance, there's the story of Peter Welsh, who lived in NYC with his wife Margaret. He went to Boston to attempt settling a family squabble there and ended up getting involved, was so upset that he went on a spree, then was too embarrassed to go home and face "Marda", so he joined the 28th MA. --------------------- > > It feels like looking for a needle in a haystack. --------------------- Well, maybe the best strategy is get rid of the hay or at least make a smaller stack; suggest creating a list of all the possibles and then start striking off those who can't possibly be the right one. Besides the various soldier indexes, there's also the Union pension index (on-line at Ancestry). These will sometimes have widows or other dependents who filed based on the soldier's service, along with where the application was filed from, and you can use this to winnow those out. A lot of work - maybe too much work - but another source would be the veteran's schedule for the 1890 census (think PA is there); FTM has a partial index on CD, but they didn't do big states like PA, and it doesn't look like Ancestry put it on-line at all. Some bad news - one problem with Bates (or at least the on-line version) is it's PA-unit centric and doesn't include Regular Army, Navy or Marine enlistees. Not sure, but I imagine the State Archives card file has the same shortcoming. He might have gone that route. The Regular Army is indexed at the NPS Soldiers & Sailors System: http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/ but the information here is extremely limited - basically just name, rank, unit and film number. The film is for the enlistment registers, which should include enlistment location. Not sure if the LDS FLC has these; I know HeritageQuest does. AFAIK, there's still almost nothing on-line for the Navy or MC. (Guess I've just thrown more hay on the stack; gabh mo laithsceal!) Dennis

COLONEL CHARLES L. FINCKE, WHO FORMERLY COMMANDED THE 23D REGIMENT IN BROOKLYN, DIED YESTERDAY, AT ASHEVILLE, N.C. WHERE HE WAS SEEKING RESTORATION OF HIS HEALTH. HE WAS 46 YRS OLD AND WAS CONNECTED WITHT THE BANKING BUSINESS FOR MANY YEARS. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE NY STOCK ECHANGE. HE HAD CHARGE OF THE BROOKLYN BRANCH OF THE OUSE OF HENRY CLEWS & CO. WHEN HIS HEALTH FAILED, ABOUT 3  YRS AGO. HE THEN LIVED AT NO 106 MONTAGUE ST. HE TRAVELLED IN EUROPE FOR A TIME AND RETURNED GREATLY IMPROVED., BUT CONSUMPTION GAINED ON HIM AND ABOUT A YEAR AGO HE WENT TO ASHEVILLE. FOR THE LAST FORTNIGHT HE FAILED STEADILY. COL. FINCKE ENTERED THE 23D REGIMENT IN 1869, AND ROSE TO BE CAPTAIN OF COMPANY E. IN 1886 HE WAS CHOSEN TO SUCCEED COL. RODNEY C. WARD AS COLONEL AND HE RESIGNED ON ACCT. OF ILL HEALTH IN 1887. HE LEFT A WIFE AND 4 CHILDREN. 

Dear H. Spencer Byfield: Many thanks for you kind response. Very informative. Sarah

On 6 Aug 2003 at 10:55, Sally Wasiura wrote: > Looking for further info or connection with following great > grandfather, RAYMOND PABST: > Application made 1893 Apr 17 by widow Christina Pabst Hager > #574898 > No Cert. # listed > Could anyone tell me ANYTHING about this. Why the alias? Is there > information regarding his POW experience available? Would his > deserting make his widow ineligible for a pension. I have the forms to > send to NARA. Should I send for both military and pension? Generally speaking his desertion would make a soldier (and his widow) ineligible for a pension. The fact that you have a pension application number but no certificate number in this case shows that the widow applied but was not granted a pension. Why the soldier used an alias is anyone's guess, but the answer may be included in his widow's pension application. Compiled service records have little information regarding POW experiences, and if often comes as a surprise to see how long they had been a prisoner before their unit realized the soldier was not AWOL. You should definitely send for both the pension file and the compiled service record. You may also wish to send for his carded medical file (if one exists) and for his unit's troop movements as these will add more detail to your understanding of the soldier's war time experiences. _ H. Spencer Byfield sbyfield@genealogy-quest.com Genealogy Quest "Military records at reasonable prices" http://www.genealogy-quest.com/Military/index.html

Looking for further info or connection with following great grandfather, RAYMOND PABST: MILLER, FREDERICK (alias) RAYMOND PABST served: A 4 US Art. and F 6 PA. Cav. Application made 1893 Apr 17 by widow Christina Pabst Hager #574898 No Cert. # listed He enlisted as a private 9 Oct 1861. Company F, 6th Cavalry Reg. PA. He was a POW June 1863 Beverly Ford, VA. (paroled) Deserted Company F, 6th Cav. PA 27 June 1863. Could anyone tell me ANYTHING about this. Why the alias? Is there information regarding his POW experience available? Would his deserting make his widow ineligible for a pension. I have the forms to send to NARA. Should I send for both military and pension? Any help would be so very much appreciated. Many thanks Sarah

Hi, I found the info listed below on Ancestry, now I assume he was buried in NC, is there somewhere in NC I could find the cemetery that he's buried in. I'm not sure if this John Taggart is mine but gotta start somewhere. Sue TAGGART JOHN PRIVATE E 17 MA INFANTRY JUNE 19, 1864 DIARRHEA > JOHN TAGGERD, GRAVE 2067 [3] p 22 [3]; p 312 [33] BATCHELDERS CR., NC >

Sue, This John Taggart from Mass is buried at Andersonville, Ga, in the National Cemetery. Andersonville Prisoner Profile Code No: 12167 Grave No: 2167 Last Name: TAGGART First Name: JOHN Rank: PRIVATE Company: E Regiment: 17 State: MA Branch of Service: INFANTRY Date of Death: 6/19/1864 Cause of Death: DIARRHEA Remarks: JOHN TAGGERD, GRAVE 2067 [3] Reference*: p 22 [3]; p 312 [33] Place Captured: BATCHELDERS CR., NC Date Captured: 2/1/1864 Alternate Names: TAGGERD Status: DIED AT ANDERSONVILLE More Information Available: NO * Reference descriptions -------Original Message------- From: CIVIL-WAR-L@rootsweb.com Date: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 08:27:05 PM To: CIVIL-WAR-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [CIVIL-WAR] CIVIL WAR DEATH RECORD, Hi, I found the info listed below on Ancestry, now I assume he was buried in NC, is there somewhere in NC I could find the cemetery that he's buried in. I'm not sure if this John Taggart is mine but gotta start somewhere. Sue TAGGART JOHN PRIVATE E 17 MA INFANTRY JUNE 19, 1864 DIARRHEA > JOHN TAGGERD, GRAVE 2067 [3] p 22 [3]; p 312 [33] BATCHELDERS CR., NC > ==== CIVIL-WAR Mailing List ==== To unsubscribe from list mode, email CIVIL-WAR-L-REQUEST@rootsweb.com and in the text area of the message, type only the word unsubscribe .

Edward writes: Iguess this will be a last posting for a bit....just not up to typing much, plus, it's so hard and slow to do now. I must admit, I am a bionic & $6million dollar man. After 6 knee ops, one on each shoulder, and 2 on myback which is now full of steel, this is just another one to add to the list. Pain meds are helping some, but stilll hurt like hell. Elbow joint was cleaned out where it was compressing nerves, lot of calcium removed, and a muscle reattached that had come loos due to all this mess. I should get my full cast on the 15th and will be in the full arm cast for about 4 months. Ugh! I'm just trying to take it as easy as possible now. guess I'll go watch Gods and generals &Gettysburg on dvd again. The boredom is killing me. Would rather be online helping others with questions about the war or helping someone find an ancestor from NC and getting them the detailed info on them. Iwon't be posting any for a bit as I'm finding it way to hard and painful to type. See y'all soon and keep up all the good work. Edward (easy to spell my name....all letters are lefthanded ones on the keyboard lol) Sorry Sharon, meant this to go to the list,,,,not directly to you....but not able now to redo it. if you'd like to forward to the list, feelfree to do so.

Glad to hear your surgery went well....heal fast, because l am hoisting the Rebel Flag even higher... ; ) Carolyn "The North isn't a place. It's just a direction out of the South." --Roy Blount, Jr.

Edward, Good going! Now that you are the Bionic Man, you can post up a storm. We'll give you another day, and then we expect great things from you. By the by, we didn't fight at all. In fact, we didn't even speak to each other. :>) Sharon

Edward, Glad to hear the surgery went ok. Hope the healing process is not to long and the pain can be diminished! Jim -------Original Message------- From: CIVIL-WAR-L@rootsweb.com Date: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 09:20:16 AM To: CIVIL-WAR-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [CIVIL-WAR] Thanks Hi List, Sorry for any bad typing or spelling but im typing with one finger and lefthanded. Thnks to all for the best wishes. Surgery went ok. had right elbow joint cleaned out, large buildup of calcium removed, and one muscle reaatached that had separated due to problems from the above. Hurts like hell but as i think of what our ancestors endured during the war, Im thankful for the modern medicine of today. Again, thanks again and everyone take care. Edward ==== CIVIL-WAR Mailing List ==== To unsubscribe from list mode, email CIVIL-WAR-L-REQUEST@rootsweb.com and in the text area of the message, type only the word unsubscribe .

Hi List, Sorry for any bad typing or spelling but im typing with one finger and lefthanded. Thnks to all for the best wishes. Surgery went ok. had right elbow joint cleaned out, large buildup of calcium removed, and one muscle reaatached that had separated due to problems from the above. Hurts like hell but as i think of what our ancestors endured during the war, Im thankful for the modern medicine of today. Again, thanks again and everyone take care. Edward

Hi, I want to thank everyone for all there help, does anyone know where you would go from Canada to the states to sign up for the Civil War, my library has all the MI. books for all the united that was inthe Civil War, there is an index in each book so it's not hard to search them, if there is anyone out there that thinks they may have someone who jointe in MI. let me know, the reason I though maybe my John Taggart my have joined up in PA isbecause thats where his parents married and thats where is grandparents lived. Thanks again for everyones help. Sue

Have you tried: The Civil War in Mississippi (John Rigdon JohnR238@aol.com ) http://www.researchonline.net/mscw Mississippi units http://www2.msstate.edu/~gam3/cw Alice Gayley litres@webtv.net wrote: > am looking for researchers that are researching the 1st mississippi > mounted rifles battn. a union battn in memphis tenn. 16th army corps. or > members of the battn. > -- Pennsylvania in the Civil War http://www.pa-roots.com/~pacw/