Version 7.4 of the U.S. Civil War Units File (July 27, 2003) is available on the web. We hope that it will soon be available from the Rootsweb server but there are problems with the system. (See below for addresses.) The Civil War Units File (CWUNITS) lists people who have information on a unit or ship (often rosters, battles, etc.) and are willing to help others research it. Some are experts; most are "just" helpful fellow researchers. If you see a listing for a unit you are interested in, you can send the contact person email and share information. There are also listings for battles, organizations, counties, ethnic groups, etc. The following addresses no longer work and we were unable to find the people, so their listings have been deleted. If you are one of these people or know how to contact one, please email me. civilwar@ccia.com cmangold@ix.netcom.com dixontj@worldnet.att.net (William T. Dixon, III) fbrandt@bmmhnet.com (Franklin Brandt) jbaughman@kscable.com (Joe Baughman) jkrear@cello.gina.calstate.edu lminnis@worldnet.att.net (Lee Minnis) mmf19@idt.net (Michael Fahrion) taylorj@tccc.com twilson@knox.edu (Terry Wilson) 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 Civil War Units File is on the American Civil War Homepage: http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/warweb.html under the heading Rosters & Regimental Histories. I don't run this site. To get the latest version by email: Send email to ROOTS-L-request@rootsweb.com (Upper and lower case count in the email address and everywhere else.) Subject: archive Text is: get genealog.cwunits get genealog.cwunits1 get genealog.cwunits2 get genealog.cwunitsq etc. 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 Another way to obtain files is via anonymous ftp. To do this, ftp to ftp.rootsweb.com using "anonymous" (withOUT quotes!) as your username and your net address as your password. Issue the command: cd /pub/roots-l/genealog/ You may issue a dir command to see a listing of files, use ctrl-s to temporarily halt the dir command, and ctrl-q to resume the dir command. The command for retrieving a file via ftp is: get genealog.filename substituting, of course, the proper filename for "filename" above. Notice the PERIOD between "genealog" and the filename. Then issue a quit command to exit. If you have a file you would like included in the GENEALOG area, please send email to the Genealog administrator, Vicki Lindsay Thauvin, at chance@eskimo.com describing the file. Please do _not_ send her a file without asking. Questions and new listings for the CWUNITS file go to me at botteron@alum.mit.edu Please do _not_ send me attachments. Carol Botteron (ancestors on both sides) botteron@alum.mit.edu

It has been a few years since I've tried to find information about my Great Grandfather Patrick (Paddy Jimmy Owen) Doherty (Dougherty). He was born abt 1831 in Ballyhillion, Malin Head, County Donegal, Ireland. He came to America and built a house on the horse shoe bend near the railroad tracks in Braddock, Pennsylvania. He fought in the Union Army then returned to Ireland. Unfortunately there were a lot of Patrick Doherty/Doughertys who fought in the Union Army from PA. I have written to the National Archives regarding several Patrick Doherty/Doughertys and none have turned out to be my Great Grandfather. I have a list of the regiments from Allegheny County. Just checked the website that indexes the names of those listed by Bates. There were a lot of Patrick /Dohertys/Doughertys and several of them had not info except for the name. If he lived in Braddock wouldn't be more than likely have enlised in Pittsburgh? I keep coming up against a brick wall and I would gr! eatly love to find his record. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Also have a listing of several Patrick Dohertys and the regiments they served in and the micro # in theNational Archives. Is there a way to find out where they all enlisted? It feels like looking for a needle in a haystack. Thank you, Margaret K.

conaught2 wrote: > > It has been a few years since I've tried to find information about my Great Grandfather Patrick (Paddy Jimmy Owen) Doherty (Dougherty)... > ...If he lived in Braddock wouldn't be more than likely have enlised in Pittsburgh? ---------------------- Close to home would be the general rule, but too many people broke it. Sometimes guys even enlisted in another state. For instance, there's the story of Peter Welsh, who lived in NYC with his wife Margaret. He went to Boston to attempt settling a family squabble there and ended up getting involved, was so upset that he went on a spree, then was too embarrassed to go home and face "Marda", so he joined the 28th MA. --------------------- > > It feels like looking for a needle in a haystack. --------------------- Well, maybe the best strategy is get rid of the hay or at least make a smaller stack; suggest creating a list of all the possibles and then start striking off those who can't possibly be the right one. Besides the various soldier indexes, there's also the Union pension index (on-line at Ancestry). These will sometimes have widows or other dependents who filed based on the soldier's service, along with where the application was filed from, and you can use this to winnow those out. A lot of work - maybe too much work - but another source would be the veteran's schedule for the 1890 census (think PA is there); FTM has a partial index on CD, but they didn't do big states like PA, and it doesn't look like Ancestry put it on-line at all. Some bad news - one problem with Bates (or at least the on-line version) is it's PA-unit centric and doesn't include Regular Army, Navy or Marine enlistees. Not sure, but I imagine the State Archives card file has the same shortcoming. He might have gone that route. The Regular Army is indexed at the NPS Soldiers & Sailors System: http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/ but the information here is extremely limited - basically just name, rank, unit and film number. The film is for the enlistment registers, which should include enlistment location. Not sure if the LDS FLC has these; I know HeritageQuest does. AFAIK, there's still almost nothing on-line for the Navy or MC. (Guess I've just thrown more hay on the stack; gabh mo laithsceal!) Dennis