The National Park Service's Soldiers & Sailors database at: http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.cfm lists: 11 George Ridgways 18 George RIdgeways If he served in one of the Volunteer armies, you can request his Compiled Military Service Record from the National Archives. If he served in the regular U. S. Army you can request his enlistment papers from the National Archives. If he/his widow/minor children/parents filed for a pension based on his service, you can request the pension application file from: (1) the National Archives if he served in the Union army, or (2) the individual Confederate state governments issued pensions for the former Confederate soldiers. Footnote indicates 5 George Ridgways and 3 George Ridgeways filed for pensions. Alice J. Gayley ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carol" <carkyele@hotmail.com> To: <civil-war@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, February 25, 2008 3:50 AM Subject: [CIVIL-WAR] Look up please > > Looking for a George Ridg(e)way > wifes name Maria > is it possible to get his enlistment papers > Thank you > ps he was born in England > also he died in 1863 where can I find where he was buried and get his > burial records also > thank you in advance > Carol > _________________________________________________________________ > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >

Hello, I am in need of some help or direction. My husband's 3rd great-grandfather Andrew Jackson Barker was with the 49th Tennessee Infantry, Company H during the Civil War. He enlisted on December 3, 1861 in Palmyra, Montgomery County, TN. and fought at the battle of Fort Donelson and was wounded on February 15, 1862. On November 22, 1862 he was captured and taken prisoner of war in Montgomery County and sent to Louisville, Kentucky. From Louiville, Kentucky he was put on a steamboat called the Mary Crane and sent to Vicksburg, Mississippi via Cairo, Illinois on November 29, 1862. All this information is from his military service records. My question is this: Can anyone tell me where I can find more information about the Mary Crane steamboat? Any publications, websites, government records, etc. Any direction would be greatly appreciated. Sincerely, Melissa Barker