That's very interesting. My great grandfather was born in British Guiana of English parents, and he served in the American Civil War after the family emigrated to New York. I always wondered if he did so for ideological reasons, but now you've given me another reason to think about. Joanne Jane Rasmussen <janeluci@bresnan.net> wrote: A ggrandfather,age 32 with wife and 3 children, homesteading in WI also joined as a volunteer in the last year of civil war, I think it may have been due to the large bonus they were handing out to volunteers. Jane > > > > ------------------------------ > I found it curious that an emigrant from Pomerania, born in 1836, > would enlist at the age of 28 in the American Civil War in 1864, serve > honorably and be "mustered out" at Vicksburg, MS in 1865. > > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GERMANY-PASSENGER-LISTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --------------------------------- Get your own web address for just $1.99/1st yr. We'll help. Yahoo! Small Business.