Listers, I am looking at data about a small town in northern Maine - a village of 900 souls named Fort Fairfield. It's close to the border with New Brunswick. This tiny place sent 127 men to war during the War Between the States. They ranged from 18-44 and probably had the usual number of boys fibbing about their age. 26 never came home alive, 10 came home disabled. What about these numbers? Do you think that was typical of small communities in the North? I know the South sent a greater proportion out of desperation, but the North surely was not lacking in manpower. What do you think? Sharon Ancestor Chronicles: Our Kin And Their Times http://groups.msn.com/AncestorChroniclesOurKinAndTheirTimes/ Please visit, join, and share your family stories http://groups.msn.com/OurCivilWarAncestors Ancestors in the Civil War? Come visit and join. Both sites are free.