Knowledge of the siblings proximatey would depend on their ability to communicate with family and friends or the luck of running across each other. Could they write? Were they Officers? Were there friends or other relatives in the units? Being able to meet off duty would depend upon how close their individual regiments were encamped. Do you know what divisions they were attached to? I imagine rolls were called after the battle to calculate losses... If he knew his brother was in the regiment and had access... he probably would have known fairly quickly. If not, it may have been after the war before he learned. Keith Bailey ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Hayt" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2006 2:08 PM Subject: [CIVIL-WAR] Brothers - liklihood of social contact > > Two brothers, James & George SHEARS, were in the 27th Illinois infantry > and the 1st N. Y. Light Artillery, respectively. Most of the war they were > in different campaigns - the NY Regt. in the East, while the IL Regt. was > typically in the Mississippi River valley. But the NY Regt. came to > Tennessee and participated in the push to Atlanta, as did the IL Regt. > My questions are: How likely is it that James & George knew of each > other's proximity? How likely is it they were able to meet while off duty? > > James was killed May 14, 1864 at Resaca, Georgia. How long would it have > likely taken for the news to reach George, whose regiment was also there? > > I'd appreciate your input. > Thanks, > David > W. Lafayette, Indiana > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >