Carol, I have researched the 3rd and 6th Tennessee Infantries, Union. Some info on 1st and 2nd Tennessee Infantries. All Civil War. Nancy -------------- Original message -------------- From: Carol Botteron <[email protected]> > Have you researched a U.S. Civil War unit or group? > Are you willing and able to help others research that unit? > > The next version of the U.S. Civil War Units File (CWUNITS) will > become available in late March. An announcement will be posted then. > In the meantime I invite listings through Tuesday, March 28. > > Also welcome are reports of non-working addresses in other people's > listings, updates to your own listings, etc. > > If you write to me, please do *NOT* include this message in your reply. > My time and disk space are limited. Also please do *NOT* include > attached files. Thanks! > > The purpose of the CWUNITS file is to let people list units, groups, > battles, etc. that they have information on (from pension records, > books, etc.) and are willing to help other people research. > Typically the contact person had an ancestor who was in the unit, > but re-enactors, history buffs, et al. are welcome. (This is *NOT* > a list of re-enactment units.) People who are interested in a unit > can send the contact person email and share information. > > If you have questions please read the FAQ first. If it doesn't > answer your question, feel free to ask me. > > The following addresses no longer work. If you are one of these > people or know how to contact one, please email me. Unless we find > new addresses we'll have to delete their listings. > > [email protected] > [email protected] > [email protected] > [email protected] (Maury) > > Anyone who'd like to volunteer to be a contact, please send me email > from the address where you'd like to be listed. If you are > volunteering for more than one unit, it's OK to put them all in the > same message. > > Please list your entries in this format (sample addresses are fake): > Illinois (USA) > 4th Illinois Cavalry, Co. F 1861-4 [email protected] > http://www.fakesample.com/4thil > 18th Reg. Ill. Infantry 1865 [email protected] (John Doe) > (Somebody's Volunteers) > > Instructions -- include the following: > Country (USA or CSA) and state. > Start each entry with the number of the regiment or whatever. > Years (if applicable, but not necessary). > Your email address on each line. > Your real name. > If you have a web page for the unit, include the URL (but we need > your email address and name too). > Also please include a statement like "I volunteer to be a contact > for this unit." This is so we can be sure that everyone we list > understands what the file is for. > > This is a big project, and if you send listings in the wrong format > we reserve the right to send them back for you to fix. If there's > anything in your listings that is not obvious, tell me! If we can't > get your listings complete and clear by the time I have to send the > file to the uploaders, your listings cannot be included. > > If you already have listings in the file, there's no need to send > them again. But if your address has changed, please tell me and > send updated listings. > > CWUNITS is five files (plus one for the intro and one for the FAQ) > as follows: > > Part Filename Contents > 0 CWUNITS introduction only > 1 CWUNITS1 USA national & states A-I > 2 CWUNITS2 USA states K-N > 3 CWUNITS3 USA states O-W > 4 CWUNITS4 CSA national & states A-M > 5 CWUNITS5 CSA states N-V > Q FAQ frequently asked questions and answers > > Parts 1-5 include the intro as well as the listings. Within a state > the units are organized by number (1st Infantry, etc.). > > The file is available on the American Civil War Homepage at > http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/warweb.html > under the heading Rosters & Regimental Histories. > > To get the current version of the file by email at any time: > Send email to [email protected] > (Upper and lower case count in the email address and everywhere else.) > Subject: archive > For part 2 (for example), send the text: > get genealog.cwunits2 > For the FAQ, send the text: > get genealog.cwunitsq > The period (.) has to be after genealog and before the file name. > To get a listing of all of the ROOTS-L files, send the command > get roots-l.catalog > > Carol Botteron (ancestors on both sides) [email protected] > > > ==== CIVIL-WAR Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from list mode, email [email protected] > and in the text area of the message, type only the word > unsubscribe >