Wow an outstanding response. Thanks meb ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rhonda Houston" <rfhouston@mindspring.com> To: <IL-CIVIL-WAR-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 12:53 PM Subject: RE: [IL-CIVIL-WAR] infantry national flag > http://www.illinoiscivilwar.org/gar.html > Grand Army of the Republic in Illinois > I don't see a GAR post within Wayne County, Ill. so there must be one that > contains more than one county within the area that includes Wayne County. > (There is a Wayne township in DuPage County, Illinois...you are sure that it > is Wayne County, IL?) > > http://suvcw.org/garcinc/bfsteven.htm > Dr. Benjamin F. Stephenson, founder of the Grand Army of the Republic and > provisional commander-in-chief, April 6, 1866 to November 21, 1866. Born in > Wayne County, Ill, October 3, 1823, > > > http://suvcw.org/research.htm > (Here are only a few GAR Posts around the country!) > GAR Posts: > National SUVCW GAR Post Project (Over 8,600 Posts Identified) > Department of Illinois > Department of Indiana > Department of Iowa > Department of Kansas > Kansas in the Civil War (Additional Source) > Department of Massachusetts: Hartsuff Post #74, Rockland > Department of Massachusetts: John H. Chipman, Jr. GAR Post #89 > Department of Michigan > > > Notice the maps available! > The Political Graveyard: Wayne County, Ill. > ... Maple Hill Cemetery Fairfield, Wayne County, Illinois Location maps, > from US Census Tiger Map Server: ... > http://www.potifos.com/tpg/geo/IL/WY.html > > > Cemeteries of Illinois - Cemetery Records - Genealogy - Geneology > Cemetery records of Illinois > http://www.interment.net/us/il/index.htm > > > USGenWeb Archives: Wayne County Illinois Table of Contents > ... USGenWeb Archives Wayne County, Illinois Table of Contents. ... File > Size, Date, Submitter. bailey.txt, Bailey Cemetery, 1.50 kb, August 1997, > Beverly Himes ... > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/il/wayne/wayne.htm > > > Southern Illinois Cemeteries > http://bgwilliams.apexhosting.com/cempage.htm > > > Obituary Search of Wayne County, IL > Keyword search through archived Wayne County, IL, obituaries. > http://www.obitcentral.com/obitsearch/counties/il-wayne.htm > > illinois > County Cemetery Recorder/Submitter Jump to County Starting with: A B C DE F > G H IJ K L MO P RS T U V W or Search the Archives for a surname* Adams > County Kathy has 6 volumes on Adams county cemeteries (not including all of > the Quincy cemeteries), an > http://www.rootsweb.com/~cemetery/illinois.html > > > Illinois State Genealogical Society - Cemetery Project > ... are: to identify and locate every cemetery in Illinois. This includes > those that have ... that the identity will include county, township name and > number, range ... > http://www.tbox.com/isgs/ilcemetery.html > > Fitch Kin from Wayne County, Illinois and relatives > ... il.us/cgi-bin/marriage). Vol. C. pg. 88. 17 Doris Ellen Bland, Wayne > County Illinois, Illinois Cemetery Inscriptions, (Published and copyright > 1985). IX/16. ... > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~kaymiami/Sources.htm > > > >From this GAR Post, you can find where Wayne county's Civil War Vets are > located: > http://www.elginarea.org/egs/gar.html > Membership Roster Veteran Post No. 49 Grand Army of the Republic Elgin, > Illinois > *bringing together persons who are researching family history, > *informing people of the value of and need for preserving family and local > history, > *providing information, methods, and practices of family research, > *fostering idea sharing, > *seeking, preserving and making available material concerning past and > present families, > *encouraging officials to preserve public records and genealogical > collections and make them accessible to interested person. > > http://www.elginarea.org/egs/index.html > Elgin Genealogical Society > P. O. Box 1418 > Elgin, IL 60121-1418 > E-mail: jvandusn@foxvalley.net > webmaster's email address: bhiggins@aol.com > > Rhonda Houston > -----Original Message----- > From: Jack Cox [mailto:jack_cox@swbell.net] > Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 9:59 AM > To: IL-CIVIL-WAR-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [IL-CIVIL-WAR] infantry national flag > > > This URL lists all wayne county regiments: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/county/wayne.htm > > or, go to this URL and put Walker, T. in the search box. > http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/genealogy/civilwar.ht > ml > There are about 20 Thomas Walkers listed. > > I'm not familiar with the towns listed for them, so you'll have to sort out > your Thomas Walker - if he's there. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "mebrimberry" <mebrimberry@mvn.net> > To: <IL-CIVIL-WAR-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 9:29 AM > Subject: Re: [IL-CIVIL-WAR] infantry national flag > > > > I am looking for Thomas Walker from Wayne County Illinois. He no doubt > > served in the Civil War. Where can I find the rosters of Wayne County > > Illinois Civil War Veterans. Did Wayne County have a GAR Post? > > > > mebrimberry@mvn.net > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Donald aikman" <myvette84@msn.com> > > To: <IL-CIVIL-WAR-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Monday, November 26, 2001 9:57 AM > > Subject: Re: [IL-CIVIL-WAR] infantry national flag > > > > > > > Hi Dawn, > > > > > > You can trust the pictures from Mr. Schmale, if he has it on his site > then > > you can be sure that's its right. If you want to know anything about > > Illinois civil war flags, John Schmale is the man to contact. > > > > > > Best Regards > > > Don > > > > > > 48th Illinois regiment > > > http://members.tripod.com/Black_eagle_129/index.html > > > > > > http://black_eagle_129.tripod.comGet more from the Web. FREE MSN > Explorer > > download : http://explorer.msn.com > > > > > > > > > > >