Les In the Union Army at the civilwardata.com there are 3 John E Williams and 27 John Williams listed as from Kentucky. The 3 John E Williams are shown as enlisting in Louisville, Paris, and Louisa. There are 4 John W Williams listed from Kentucky enlisting at Scottsville, Louisville, Eminence, and Camp Joe Holt. In the Confederate Army there are 7 John Williams and 2 John W Williams these last two enlisting in Somerset and Jackson That gives a total of 43 possibilities. From this it will be hard to pin down your man unless you begin sending in for the service records of each man trying to determine which one he is, if any which is a rather expensive proposition. There are people who do those searchs, but with no other information they will probably not pinpoint the man using the service records. Some criteria needed are: company he was in, Union or Confederate, and wounded or prisoner of war and enlistment place. Since you don't have this information, it will be difficult to pin him down at the National Archives. Perhaps going the website for Allen County at USGenWeb you could query someone who may have enlistments from that county from other sources. Old newspapers from that time are also possibilities. Sorry I can't help more, Mike > Mike, > Would you please check subject site for my g-grandfather, as follows: > > WILLIAMS, John E. (aka as John W.), b. 1837, Allen Co KY. Died Oct 1873, > Allen Co KY (resided Gainesville Dist). Spouse: Mary Francis (Motley) > Williams. > > I found a John W. Williams listed in Co C 52nd KY Mtd Inf, mustered in at > Scottsville, Oct. 16, 1863, but don't know if this is him or not. I really > don't know if he was ever in the CW, but at the age he would have been durng > that time, it is hard to imagine that he wasn't involved in some way. > Thanks, > Les Williams