Mike, Thanks for the response. First I will start with two of John E. Sullivan's sons. Then maybe you will understand why I am asking about this one John E. Thomas Robert Sullivan, my ggf, and his brother, Jefferson L. Sullivan were both in the 7th Tenessee Infantry, Co. F. They were both discharged at the same time. John E. was also in the same Infantry, although Co. I. On the records I received from the Nat'l Archives it says very little as evidently he died shortly after joining. It has no information hardly at all, just that he died in the Battle of Mechanicsville in 1861. The records I have on Thomas and Jefferson have where they signed up, where they served at different places, etc. I also have the pension applications of both of them. However, the archives only sent me a couple of pay stubs and nothing else except a brief note on one that he died. He started out a private but ended up a sergeant, whether before or after his death, I have no idea. If he is my John! , he wo uld have been about 55 years of age, but I don't think there was an age restriction for the war, except for those too young. His wife at the time, his second wife, was Mary Martin Sullivan. He and his family are listed in the 1860 Rutherford Co., TN census and only his family is listed in the 1870 census including his wife, Mary. The John that died in the war was a Confederate as were his sons, if he is the right John E. The sons signed up in Nashville, TN and I was wondering if there might be more thorough records in TN that the archives do not have? Any help you can furnish would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. Barbara From: Mike Ruddy <mpruddy@gmail.com> > Unicorn > We may be able to help if we know a bit more about John E Sullivan. > There were at least 900 John Sullivan's who fought in the North and 182 > who fought for the South. Since you mention Tennessee and that you have > his records and if he fought for TN there were 3 North and 25 South John > Sullivan's. So the question is Union or Confederate, age, birth state, > survived the war, pension applied for, which TN regiment? etc. The more > we know the better a chance to help. > Mike > > > unicorn4176@comcast.net wrote: > > I am searching for more information, maybe some actual details, on John E. > Sullivan who died in the Battle of Mechanicsville. I am trying to find out if > this John E. is my gggf. I got his records from the Nat'l Archives and would > like to know if there are other places that may have information on him in more > detail. Would Tennessee have a more detailed place for information, like where > he enlisted, etc.? Thank you. unicorn4176@comcast.net > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CIVIL-WAR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CIVIL-WAR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message

Barbara, you might try: http://www.tngennet.org/civilwar/misc/confedrec.html http://www.tennessee.gov/tsla/history/military/index.htm Jim -------Original Message------- From: unicorn4176@comcast.net Date: 3/10/2008 4:15:39 AM To: mpruddy@gmail.com; civil-war@rootsweb.com Subject: [CIVIL-WAR] Sullivan in Civil War Mike, Thanks for the response. First I will start with two of John E. Sullivan's sons. Then maybe you will understand why I am asking about this one John E. Thomas Robert Sullivan, my ggf, and his brother, Jefferson L. Sullivan were both in the 7th Tenessee Infantry, Co. F. They were both discharged at the same time. John E. was also in the same Infantry, although Co. I. On the records I received from the Nat'l Archives it says very little as evidently he died shortly after joining. It has no information hardly at all, just that he died in the Battle of Mechanicsville in 1861. The records I have on Thomas and Jefferson have where they signed up, where they served at different places, etc. I also have the pension applications of both of them. However, the archives only sent me a couple of pay stubs and nothing else except a brief note on one that he died. He started out a private but ended up a sergeant, whether before or after his death, I have no idea. If he is my John! , he wo uld have been about 55 years of age, but I don't think there was an age restriction for the war, except for those too young. His wife at the time, his second wife, was Mary Martin Sullivan. He and his family are listed in the 1860 Rutherford Co., TN census and only his family is listed in the 1870 census including his wife, Mary. The John that died in the war was a Confederate as were his sons, if he is the right John E. The sons signed up in Nashville, TN and I was wondering if there might be more thorough records in TN that the archives do not have? Any help you can furnish would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. Barbara From: Mike Ruddy <mpruddy@gmail.com> > Unicorn > We may be able to help if we know a bit more about John E Sullivan. > There were at least 900 John Sullivan's who fought in the North and 182 > who fought for the South. Since you mention Tennessee and that you have > his records and if he fought for TN there were 3 North and 25 South John > Sullivan's. So the question is Union or Confederate, age, birth state, > survived the war, pension applied for, which TN regiment? etc. The more > we know the better a chance to help. > Mike > > > unicorn4176@comcast.net wrote: > > I am searching for more information, maybe some actual details, on John E. > Sullivan who died in the Battle of Mechanicsville. I am trying to find out if > this John E. is my gggf. I got his records from the Nat'l Archives and would > like to know if there are other places that may have information on him in more > detail. Would Tennessee have a more detailed place for information, like where > he enlisted, etc.? Thank you. unicorn4176@comcast.net > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CIVIL-WAR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CIVIL-WAR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CIVIL-WAR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message