Recently posted a mini-review on the subject book by Sr. Mary Denis Maher, which tells the story of Catholic nuns who served as nurses during the ACW. After a while, it occurred to me that if I paid her a compliment, she should get. So I sent a copy of the post to her. Anyway, here's her reply: - -------------------------- Thanks for the review. There were certainly many Irish and Irish-American sisters nursing in the Civil War. Actually, the reason the monument is in Washington, DC, is because Mary Ellen Ryan Jolly, financial supported by the Ancient Order of Hibernians, felt there should be a monument. In order to have Congress approve, she had to come up with supporting data, names, etc. After the monument was erected in 1924, she put her research in a book Nuns of the Battlefield, which lists after each community the names of the sisters and their country of origin- in some cases, the county from Ireland. Unfortunately, she had no footnotes- as the book was not the original focus- and there are some errors that unfortunately get repeated in many subsequent articles. If you are not familiar with the book, you might be interested from the genealogical standpoint. -------------END OF QOUTE----------------- Dennis mailto:fran@ees.eesc.com

Margaret wrote: My great great grandfather was a landowner in Shelby County Tennessee. His last name is Abernathy (Abernethy). He was wounded fighting Sherman's Army. Would you be able to tell me how I could find out about him

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Company F, 5th Missouri Infantry "Fighting Irish Company" http://www.geocities.com/~sterlingprice/units/f5thmo.htm Desoto Joe/The Record Man

Hi: I am in Rock Island and close to the Confederate Cemetery. I know the prisoner list is on line but thought you might like to know a little of the local history of the prison. While some called Rock Island the Andersonville of the North, it wasn't quite as bad statistically. Elmira in New York was worse. The prison in Rock Island had Barracks and stoves for warmth against the Northern Cold. The City of Rock Island was founded by many Southerners and the ladies took food and medicine to the prisoners which was allowed by the command. The biggest cause of death here was small pox. The first group of prisoners that were brought in carried small pox and it quickly took over the camp. However, the North did rub salt into the wounds as the camp was guarded by the 139th Colored Troops who had priviously been in battle. Yet with the double standard in the North these troops were not even buried in the National Cemetery, but in a little private area behind the National Cemetery. Every Memorial Day there is a service both at National and Confederate and this past year there were Confederate Flags put on all the graves and American in the National. A special program was given and the speaker at the Confederate cemetery was a local black attorney, who held no "malice as these men were fighting for what they believed was right, and deserved to be remembered". There are also lists available of Confederates who joined the Union to fight the Indians. These can be found by writing the U.S. National Cemetery. The Confederate Cemetery is kept up beautifully and we have taken photos of some graves and sent to people who are impressed with the upkeep. Some of the markers have been replaced by new ones and the grass is kept neatly mowed. If you would like to put this on the list for everyone else feel free to do so. Marilyn - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------- (Thought everyone might like to see this) Desoto Joe/The Record Man

I have his pension records and sent for his military records 2 months ago but they are slowwwww! The pension records have his 2nd wife (I still don't know his 1st wife, my gg grandmother). One interesting thing about the pension record is that it told when and where he died and lo and behold, 6 miles from where I live in 1903! He is in an unmarked grave so I have ordered a headstone for him and will have a ceremony when it arrives. Thanks for everyones help. He came from Ireland but I don't know when or who his family is so I would appreciate any help. Randy Gary Welch wrote: > The www.civilwardata.com is a good site but it has limited Confederate data > so far (none from TN). The Southern states apparently did not publish data > as good as that from the Union states. > > Have you gotten the military service record for John Dawson from the > National Archives? If he or a dependent applied for one, they should also > have a pension file. The latter frequently has a lot of personal > information. The state archives may also have records. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Randy Cook [mailto:gorillas@pilot.infi.net] > Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2000 7:35 PM > To: CIVIL-WAR-IRISH-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [CIVIL-WAR-IRISH] Would you be able to help? > > I checked the web site for www.civilwardata.com but his name is not listed. > Maybe they just haven't > done the state of Tenn. yet. Now, can anyone help me? I need info on Jown > W. Dawson who was Irish > and in the 5th Indiana Cav. Who did he marry and what did he do in the > Civil War? > > Rinda Lynn Ferguson wrote: > > > Hello Everyone on the list, :-D > > > > I was wondering if you might be able to help. > > > > I have a gentleman trying to find out information about William Tarkington > buried in the Old > > Moral Cemetery in Potowatomie County, Oklahoma. William Tarkington was > part of Company B 4th > > Infantry of Tennessee CSA according to his tombstone. > > > > How can he and I possibly find more information about this unit and > William's part in that unit? > > We > > are trying to find information of when he died since that type of date > information is not listed > > on the stone. > > > > Thank you ahead of time for any help you may be able to give. > > > > Rinda Lynn Ferguson -- rinda@psci.net > > > > ==== CIVIL-WAR-IRISH Mailing List ==== > > To review past messages, visit the list archives at > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/CIVIL-WAR-IRISH-L/ > > > > ============================== > > Search ALL of RootsWeb's mailing lists in real time. > > RootsWeb's Personalized Mailing Lists: > > http://pml.rootsweb.com/ > > ______________________________

The www.civilwardata.com is a good site but it has limited Confederate data so far (none from TN). The Southern states apparently did not publish data as good as that from the Union states. Have you gotten the military service record for John Dawson from the National Archives? If he or a dependent applied for one, they should also have a pension file. The latter frequently has a lot of personal information. The state archives may also have records. -----Original Message----- From: Randy Cook [mailto:gorillas@pilot.infi.net] Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2000 7:35 PM To: CIVIL-WAR-IRISH-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [CIVIL-WAR-IRISH] Would you be able to help? I checked the web site for www.civilwardata.com but his name is not listed. Maybe they just haven't done the state of Tenn. yet. Now, can anyone help me? I need info on Jown W. Dawson who was Irish and in the 5th Indiana Cav. Who did he marry and what did he do in the Civil War? Rinda Lynn Ferguson wrote: > Hello Everyone on the list, :-D > > I was wondering if you might be able to help. > > I have a gentleman trying to find out information about William Tarkington buried in the Old > Moral Cemetery in Potowatomie County, Oklahoma. William Tarkington was part of Company B 4th > Infantry of Tennessee CSA according to his tombstone. > > How can he and I possibly find more information about this unit and William's part in that unit? > We > are trying to find information of when he died since that type of date information is not listed > on the stone. > > Thank you ahead of time for any help you may be able to give. > > Rinda Lynn Ferguson -- rinda@psci.net > > ==== CIVIL-WAR-IRISH Mailing List ==== > To review past messages, visit the list archives at > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/CIVIL-WAR-IRISH-L/ > > ============================== > Search ALL of RootsWeb's mailing lists in real time. > RootsWeb's Personalized Mailing Lists: > http://pml.rootsweb.com/ ______________________________

Desoto Joe wrote: > > Clear the Confederate Way! The Irish in the Army of Northern Virginia -------------------------- Joe, Have you read this one yet? I got a copy last week and am almost done. It's quite interesting (understatement <G>), with a lot of food for thought. Book's appendices include short bios of the Irish officers and a description of the distinctly Irish companies in the ANV. Dennis mailto:fran@ees.eesc.com

A chairde, a. I've started putting together a web site for the list. The home page is at: http://sites.netscape.net/fearaimsir/cwirish Beside that page, so far there's one for research reference books and another (still under construction) for links. Also considering a page to list who/what we're researching. Anyone with any ideas is welcome to submit them; we've 11 megs to play with and, as long as we don't get graphic heavy, we can put a lot of info here. b. For those receiving individual messages, please use "reply all" when you wish to send replies to the list. Slainte, Dennis mailto:fran@ees.eesc.com

Randy Cook wrote: > > I need info on Jown W. Dawson who was Irish > and in the 5th Indiana Cav. Who did he marry and what did he do in the Civil War? -------------------------- Think Mike said that his wife's name was Harriet. The 5th Ind. Cav. served in the Western Theater. Its record includes taking part in the Battle of Chickamauga, the Georgia/Atlanta campaign, and Wilson's Raid. You can find the capsule history from Dyer's Compendium at: http://www.mach500.net/liggetkw/incw/rgmnt/regiment.htm You mentioned civilwardata.com - there should be a synopsis there, too. To get some specific info as to what your man did in the War, you're going to have to get his service and pension records, which you can obtain from the National Archives. Send an email to: mailto:inquire@arch2.nara.gov with Form 80 as the subject. Tell them how many Form 80s you want them to send to your home address (you're going to need at least 2 - one for the service record, the other for the pension - but it's best to ask for 3 or 4, just in case a form gets messed up). Once you get the forms, fill them out, and send them in, settle in for a long wait before you hear anything; a 3 month turnaround is quick service. To help while away the wait, suggest checking out "The Union Cavalry in the Civil War, Vol III: The War in the West" by Stephen Z. Starr. Dennis mailto:fran@ees.eesc.com

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----- Original Message ----- From: Rinda Lynn Ferguson <rinda@psci.net> To: <CIVIL-WAR-IRISH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2000 6:23 PM Subject: [CIVIL-WAR-IRISH] Would you be able to help? > Hello Everyone on the list, :-D > > I was wondering if you might be able to help. > > I have a gentleman trying to find out information about William Tarkington buried in the Old > Moral Cemetery in Potowatomie County, Oklahoma. William Tarkington was part of Company B 4th > Infantry of Tennessee CSA according to his tombstone. > > How can he and I possibly find more information about this unit and William's part in that unit? > We > are trying to find information of when he died since that type of date information is not listed > on the stone. > > Thank you ahead of time for any help you may be able to give. > > Rinda Lynn Ferguson -- rinda@psci.net > 4th Tennessee (Neely's) Infantry. Organized May 15,1861 in Provisional Army of Tennessee: transferred to Confederate service August,1861; reorganized April 25,1862; consolidated with the 5th Tennessee Infantry Regiment in December,1862; formed part of Company D,3rd Consolidated Tennessee Infantry Regiment April 9,1865;paroled in Greensboro,North Carolina May 1,1865. Company B "The Pillow Guards."Men from Hardeman County. Captains: James Fentress, M.H.Vernon, A.T.McNeal Here: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Hills/4427/gig.htm#4th Has the units history. - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------ 4th Tennessee Infantry Consoldiated. 4th Tennessee (Churchwell's) Infantry - Provisional Army This person may be able to provide more info. 4th TN Infantry Regiment (CSA) heleno@alaska.net - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------- There was a TARKINGTON, WILLIAM KIA October 26, 1864 Orrick, Mo. He was a member of Capt. William T. Anderson's Men (Bloody Bill) http://www.mcmsys.com/~nblock/andmen.htm - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------ There was a Tarkington, William B., pvt., Co. C, 29th Iowa Infantry Rgt. March 1, 1863 died of disease at Helena, Ark. - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------- 'Tarkington' and 'Tarkenton' genealogy. http://www.tarkington.com/genealogy.html - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------- Old Moral Cemetery, Pottawatomie County, OK - Submitted by Nalora Burns http://www.maxpages.com/mygenroots/Old_Moral_Cemetery_Pott_Co - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------- If I come across any more, I'll post it. Desoto Joe/The Record Man

Rinda Lynn Ferguson wrote: > > William Tarkington was part of Company B 4th > Infantry of Tennessee CSA according to his tombstone. > > How can he and I possibly find more information about this unit... ---------------------- Rinda, There's a short regimental history at: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Hills/4427/gig.htm#4th Tennessee Dennis mailto:fran@ees.eesc.com

I checked the web site for www.civilwardata.com but his name is not listed. Maybe they just haven't done the state of Tenn. yet. Now, can anyone help me? I need info on Jown W. Dawson who was Irish and in the 5th Indiana Cav. Who did he marry and what did he do in the Civil War? Rinda Lynn Ferguson wrote: > Hello Everyone on the list, :-D > > I was wondering if you might be able to help. > > I have a gentleman trying to find out information about William Tarkington buried in the Old > Moral Cemetery in Potowatomie County, Oklahoma. William Tarkington was part of Company B 4th > Infantry of Tennessee CSA according to his tombstone. > > How can he and I possibly find more information about this unit and William's part in that unit? > We > are trying to find information of when he died since that type of date information is not listed > on the stone. > > Thank you ahead of time for any help you may be able to give. > > Rinda Lynn Ferguson -- rinda@psci.net > > ==== CIVIL-WAR-IRISH Mailing List ==== > To review past messages, visit the list archives at > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/CIVIL-WAR-IRISH-L/ > > ============================== > Search ALL of RootsWeb's mailing lists in real time. > RootsWeb's Personalized Mailing Lists: > http://pml.rootsweb.com/

Hello Everyone on the list, :-D I was wondering if you might be able to help. I have a gentleman trying to find out information about William Tarkington buried in the Old Moral Cemetery in Potowatomie County, Oklahoma. William Tarkington was part of Company B 4th Infantry of Tennessee CSA according to his tombstone. How can he and I possibly find more information about this unit and William's part in that unit? We are trying to find information of when he died since that type of date information is not listed on the stone. Thank you ahead of time for any help you may be able to give. Rinda Lynn Ferguson -- rinda@psci.net

69th NY 1st regiment http://www.advinc.com/~tmd/civil.html The Fighting 69th http://www.69thnysv.org/ Plain Irish Stew for Fifty Men Cut 50 pounds of mutton into pieces which equal ¼ pound each. Put them in a pan and add twelve pounds of whole potatoes. In addition, add eight tablespoons of salt and three teaspoons of pepper. Cover all with water, giving about half-a-pint to each pound of meat. Light the fire and 1 to 1½ hours of gentle ebulation will make a most excellent stew. Mash some of the potatoes to thicken the gravy, and serve. Clear the Confederate Way! The Irish in the Army of Northern Virginia http://www.savaspublishing.com/O'Grady%20Preface.html The Irish Rifles http://www.prysm.net/~japrime/37thnyvi/index.htm The Irish Brigade Association http://www.thewildgeese.com/iba/home.html Desoto Joe/The Record Man

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