This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/hBU.2ACEB/177.179.198.230.1 Message Board Post: Hi My greatgrandfather was Michael Durkin and he was in the civil war, in the New Jersey 11th infantry, but deserted soon after he was drafted, he was born in Ireland in 1833 and died in Passaic, N.J. in 1901. I don't know if this will help you or not ,but good luck sincerely Noel Durkin