Thanks, Jane. Joseph Keller and his wife Elisabeth and other family members evidently stayed in Memphis. He and his wife and several children are buried at Elmwood Cemetery in Memphis although and two of her children show up in the 1870 census in La Grange in Fayette County, TN, which is just East of Shelby County where Memphis is located. He might not have fought in the war at all, given his age. I am just grabbing at straws because I cannot find death records for him or for her. And there is a big blank before his marriage in 1845. That is the reason I am on this list. So far, I can find no Joseph Keller on a list with enough facts to say "Ah, this is the one!" I just don't have enough to go on. Thanks for your efforts. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jane Rasmussen" <janeluci@bresnan.net> To: <germany-passenger-lists@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2006 12:16 AM Subject: Re: [G-P-L] Civil War questions > Evelyn, If your ancestor was 25 in 1845, living in Memphis in 1861 he > would have been 41 years of age, & born in 1820. Confederate records > may not be as complete as the union armies were, still it is possible > he may have moved north after 1845 and enlisted in the union army & > suggest you also give that a try. Many Swiss headed for Wisconsin > after they arrived in US. The Swiss in my family left from Harve, > France. > > Union army records gave a physical description of recruit and in my > great grandfathers case also his citizenship papers, recruitment > information (as entirely sober),pay records, and where he mustered > out, home of record. > NARA apologized that many of the papers were unable to print out, > thus I figure that is why I didn't get next of kin info. > Chemtester, I think you may have received the file as complete as > they had. However, mine did include his wife filing for pension, > children's birth certificates as she had to prove there were young > children, as well as his death papers, attending physician papers. > or do as Julie suggests, although I did not find that necessary > Jane > > >> >> >>> 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 >>> >>> . >>> >> do NOT order the Compiled Military Service File! I ordered 2 of >> them, thinking I had hit pay dirt and they were both the same, just >> pages and pages of copies of roll call, nothing on parents, next of >> kin, birth, etc. Try ordering the Pension Packet for 14.95 >> >> >> >> >>> Okay - I have a question. I am trying to find John >>> Horning/Hornung's >>> civil war info - not his muster info, but the paperwork he filled >>> out for >>> next of kin, etc. Was there such a thing? >>> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ******************************************************* >> > > >