Dear Ann, I just double-checked an older list message and discovered that my request should have been addresses to you and not to Alice. Please excuse my error. Judy Martin Subj: Roll Of Honor look-up request Date: 6/6/03 To: CIVIL-WAR-L@rootsweb.com Dear Alice, Would you please look-up my great-great grandmother's brother. Lyman Beecher STRAW Co B, 102 Reg. IL Vol. Inf. He enlisted on 14 Aug 1862 from Knox or Warren Co. IL. He was a resident of Henderson, IL He was killed in the Battle of Peach Tree Creek, GA on 20 July 1864. Thank you so much, Judy Martin <commjet@aol.com>

No problem, I figured you meant me Ann ----- Original Message ----- From: <Commjet@aol.com> To: <CIVIL-WAR-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, June 06, 2003 4:37 PM Subject: [CIVIL-WAR] Roll Of Honor look-up request > Dear Ann, > > I just double-checked an older list message and discovered that my request > should have been addresses to you and not to Alice. Please excuse my error. > > Judy Martin > > Subj: Roll Of Honor look-up request > Date: 6/6/03 > To: CIVIL-WAR-L@rootsweb.com > > Dear Alice, > > Would you please look-up my great-great grandmother's brother. > > Lyman Beecher STRAW > Co B, 102 Reg. IL Vol. Inf. > > He enlisted on 14 Aug 1862 from Knox or Warren Co. IL. > He was a resident of Henderson, IL > He was killed in the Battle of Peach Tree Creek, GA on 20 July 1864. > > Thank you so much, > > Judy Martin <commjet@aol.com> > > > ==== 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 > >

I hope someone on this list can help me: I have a collateral ancestor (Albert Gleason) who harbored his brother (George Gleason) who was a diserter during the US Civil War. The Provost Marshall arrested Albert Gleason and he was charged, criminally, in the US District Court, for this crime. The arrest was made in Monroe County, Wisconsin yet when Albert was arrested he was taken to LaCrosse County, Wisconsin, and was jailed for this offense. As near as I know, each state had multiple US District Courts. This leads me to the following two questions: 1. How do I find out which US District court handled Monroe & LaCrosse Counties, Wisconsin, in 1863? 2. Where do I find archived records for US District Courts? Shari

Shari, The first thing you may want to do is contact Information at any US District court in Wisconsin and see if they can point you to the information or someone who would know. You should be able to find there phone# at www.yellowpages.com If that does not work, I believe that old Criminal Records like that would be found in the Regional NARA, or possibly the State Archives as I don't recall ever seeing US cases in any of the county courthouses I've visited. You may also want to visit www.nara.gov to see if they have an index or catalog of the types of Criminal Documents they house and the location they store them. For Antique maps of US District Courts of Wisconsin, look at www.google.com and see if anything comes up. If you don't find anything there, you may be able to access some helpful maps through the USGS www.usgs.gov The BLM at www.blm.gov may be of help, but it mostly deals with federal lands associated with parks and monuments, but they do keep records on old land grants and such, so you never know. Good luck, Keith Bailey ----- Original Message ----- From: "wis1848" <wis1848@wi.rr.com> > 1. How do I find out which US District court handled Monroe & LaCrosse > Counties, Wisconsin, in 1863? > > 2. Where do I find archived records for US District Courts? > > Shari