Michael, He wasn't too old. They were pretty desperate for men. My husband has an ancestor who enlisted in NY at the age of 59 in 1861 and died at Belle Plain, VA in 1863, buried at Fredericksburg. Joy Michnted@aol.com wrote: > > Hi..I am trying to go through the back door (So to speak) in finding a > Lucinda Jacoby. I believe her father was a Frederick Jacoby (from census > info). He would have been 57 when the Civil War broke out...could he have > served int he war or would he have been too old? If he did serve I may be > able to get something on him from NARA. Thanks everyone! > > Michele L.o.c.k.w.o.o.d > > ==== GEN-NYS Mailing List ==== > Have you considered joining the Rootsweb Genealogical Data > Cooperative? > http://www.rootsweb.com/ -- mail to: joyweave@erols.com Outline trees for: HALLOCK, HEAD, PALMER, SELDEN at: http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/w/e/a/Joyce-R-Weaver/ USA (mostly northeast): Burnside, Green, Merritt, Morris, Palmer, Selden./ CANADA (ON/QC): Brown, Clark, Grant, Weaver./ ENGLAND(Lanc.): Hunt, Wall. POLAND (Zaklikow, Lublin): Blumberg, Fogiel, Rozenel./ BELARUS (Brest, Grodno): Feinberg, Vilner.