This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Dd.2ADI/179.346.1 Message Board Post: The author of the remark that "Neil McEachern died at Gettysburg" was did not provide an identification. So, as a followup, I am asking that person,since the place of death is apparently known, was there also a military unit associated with Neil? I know that Neil McEachern, with wife Permelia Jane (Reynolds) and son James H., was in Calhoun County, AL, for the 1860 Census.. Neil's younger brother, Duncan, volunteered there for the 3rd AL Calvary on 2 June 1862 at Jacksonville. I can't, however, find a Neil nor a James N McEachern on any AL roll, nor proven for any adjacent State roll. The McEachern surname is spelled in as many different ways as it is pronounced. It is often written interchangably with other similar appearing but definitive surnames. To this end, I am now looking at one James N McCaghren, who was with Co. B (Calhoun Sharpshooters), 5th AL Regiment, as a possibility. I know that B Company was recruited in Calhoun, sent to VA, and there suffered huge losses! ; but that is all I know until I get a response from the National and State Archives. In the meantime, can someone help me solve this puzzle?