If he had a wife, and you know her name, you might find her in the pension indexes, I think to be found at Ancestry.com. A widow often filed for pension. If you don't belong, most public libraries carry it, but you have to go to the actual library to view. Otherwise, you have to order the right Civil War records to get possible family information. When I ordered there were two separate sets to pick from - Compiled Service Records - Pension Records. It was the Pension Records that was the goldmine with letters from friends and family, marriage certificates, names and births of children, etc. Susan In a message dated 11/18/06 5:53:07 PM, ewicke@gvec.net writes: > Reading other's query regarding Civil War rank of ancestor.  My Joseph > Keller immigrated from Switzerland via Germany, I believe.  He show up > in Memphis, TN in 1845 at 25 years of age.  I know there was one other > man by that name in Memphis at that same time, but rosters for > Confederate Civil War soldiers shows 6 men by that name.  Most were > shown as Private, but one is shown as a Captain.  Since my Joseph Keller > was educated, and since he came from Switzerland where all young men had > to go through military training, do you think he might have been a > captain?  I sent for one of the records for a private and got no > information to speak of - no age, no dates of enlistment etc.  - just > that he was sick.  Could these six men actually be only one or two that > were moved from one regiment to another as the war progressed and units > were decimated?  Also, my Joseph Keller died in 1864, but I cannot find > any record of that in Tennessee.  Any suggestions? > >