Have you researched a U.S. Civil War unit or group? Are you willing and able to help others research that unit? The next version of the U.S. Civil War Units File (CWUNITS) will become available in late August. An announcement will be posted then. In the meantime I invite listings through Friday, August 20. The following addresses no longer work. If you are one of these people or know how to contact one, please email me. Unless I find new addresses I'll have to delete their listings. [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] (James Droegemeyer) [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] (Michael Laney) If you write to me, please do *NOT* include this message in your reply. My time and disk space are limited. Thanks! The purpose of the CWUNITS file is to let people list units, groups, battles, etc. that they have information on (from pension records, books, etc.) and are willing to help other people research. Typically the contact person had an ancestor who was in the unit, but re-enactors, history buffs, et al. are welcome. (This is _not_ a list of re-enactment units.) People who are interested in a unit can send the contact person email and share information. If you have questions please read the FAQ first. If it doesn't answer your question, feel free to ask me. Anyone who'd like to volunteer to be a contact, please send me email. If you are volunteering for more than one unit, it's OK to put them all in the same message. Please list your entries in this format (addresses are fake): Illinois (USA) 4th Illinois Cavalry, Co. F 1861-4 [email protected] 18th Reg. Ill. Infantry 1865 [email protected] (John Doe) Instructions -- include the following: Country (USA or CSA) and state. Start each entry with the number of the regiment or whatever. Years (if applicable, but not necessary). Your email address on each line. Your real name. Also please include a statement like "I volunteer to be a contact for this unit." This is so I can be sure that everyone I list understands what the file is for. This is a big project, and if you send listings in the wrong format I reserve the right to send it back for you to fix. If there's anything in your listings that is not obvious, tell me! If we can't get your listings complete and clear by the time I have to send the file to the uploaders, your listings cannot be included. If you already have listings in the file, there's no need to send them again. But if your address has changed, please tell me and send updated listings. On the WWW, the file is available on the American Civil War Homepage URL: http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/warweb.html under the heading Rosters & Regimental Histories. To get the current version of the file by email at any time: Send email to [email protected] (Upper and lower case count in the email address and everywhere else.) Subject: archive For the FAQ, send the text: get genealog.cwunitsq The period (.) has to be after genealog and before the file name. To get a listing of all of the ROOTS-L files, send the command get roots-l.catalog Carol Botteron (ancestors on both sides) [email protected]