A few months ago, Ancestry.com offered free access to their Civil War database. I believe that I found my gg grandfather, John H. Cooley, at long last! However, NARA informs me that no pension file exists. I've resent for a search of the Military Service records ... hopefully that will be successful. If anyone has access to Ancestry.com, I would really appreciate some help. Along with the information on his unit and period of service, they had some sort of document regarding my gg grandfather that could be viewed. I was unable to view it, so if anyone has access and could scan the document and send it to my e-mail address, I would really appreciate it. The information is as follows: John Cooley Enlist Date - 14 June 1861; Enlist Place - New York City, NY; Enlist Age - 21; Enlist Rank - Private Served New York, Enlisted G Company 62nd Inf. Reg. NY, Mustered out at Petersburg, Va. on 29 June 1864 Source: New York - Report of the Adjutant General Published 1894-1906 Thanks again for your help. Bob Meany

----- Original Message ----- From: <RMeany@aol.com> To: <CIVIL-WAR-IRISH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2001 11:22 PM Subject: [Civil-War-Irish] 62nd NY Vol Infantry > A few months ago, Ancestry.com offered free access to their Civil War > database. I believe that I found my gg grandfather, John H. Cooley, at long > last! However, NARA informs me that no pension file exists. I've resent for > a search of the Military Service records ... hopefully that will be > successful. > > If anyone has access to Ancestry.com, I would really appreciate some help. > Along with the information on his unit and period of service, they had some > sort of document regarding my gg grandfather that could be viewed. I was > unable to view it, so if anyone has access and could scan the document and > send it to my e-mail address, I would really appreciate it. > > The information is as follows: > > John Cooley > Enlist Date - 14 June 1861; Enlist Place - New York City, NY; Enlist Age > - 21; Enlist Rank - Private > Served New York, Enlisted G Company 62nd Inf. Reg. NY, Mustered out at > Petersburg, Va. on 29 June 1864 > Source: New York - Report of the Adjutant General > Published 1894-1906 > > Thanks again for your help. Bob Meany > This says he was a member. Index to the Register of the Sixty-second Regiment of Infantry US Civil War http://www.io.com/~jhaller/acw/62-regx/62-reg03.html Desoto Joe/The Record Man

Bob: Unless he or his spouse applied for a pension, there will be no pension record. The Adjudant Generals Office is the definitive document for each of the several states. I can find no pension application for my gr-grandfather Michael Francis Nolan, yet, he was wounded and crippled just outside of Richmond, Va. Evidently he never filed for one. Again, in the case of several gr-granduncles, only two out of four filed. This is all I could find on your John Cooley on my Civil War Cd-rom: Company: G Unit: 62 N. Y. Infantry. Rank In: Private Rank Out: Private National Archives Microfilm Box, Roll, and Record: 000551, 0028, 00003263 Fought for: (U = Union, C = Confederate): U Dont give up the ship. Gerard J. Nolan Lottsburg, Va. 22511