I'm not trying to be obstinate here. Most people on this list have seen my name pop up pretty often, and I try to be helpful - so no insult intended . . . But I repeat, muster has nothing to do with swearing in. It's a roll call, pure and simple. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rhonda Houston" <rfhouston@mindspring.com> To: <IL-CIVIL-WAR-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2001 8:23 PM Subject: RE: [IL-CIVIL-WAR] Enrolled vs. Mustered > You are both correct; take a look at how it is that you are using the word. > Rhonda Houston >

Jack, Then, think about this; if you aren't "trying" to be, as you say obstinate, but trying to be helpful by pressing your point, why not just allow others the same space and relax your point. As Jane said: From: "Jane L" <janel3@earthlink.net> Subject: [IL-CIVIL-WAR] Enrolled vs. Mustered > In a class on the Civil War given by Tom Pierson in St. Louis, he > explained that enrolled meant that a soldier was sworn into service in > the state in which he enlisted and that mustered in meant that he was > sworn into federal service as a volunteer. And I have to agree with Jane that the man who knows what he's talking about is the expert on this subject. Thomas A. Pearson, who is St. Louis Public Library Special Collections Librarian, lectures on this very subject and has compiled and heads the Special Collections Department St. Louis Public Library. He does lecture on this very subject and I have received this information via snail mail concerning this subject. I believed his comment on this was also posted, mentioning that the "enrollment date was when a man enlisted in that particular volunteer regiment; and the Muster date was when that regiment was mustered into federal service. Therefore, if the regiment was not mustered into federal service, its members wouldn't be eligible for a federal pension after the war. The record normally also shows muster out and discharge dates- the man was first mustered out of federal service, then discharged from that state regiment." Rhonda Houston -----Original Message----- From: Jack Cox [mailto:jack_cox@swbell.net] Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2001 11:01 PM To: IL-CIVIL-WAR-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [IL-CIVIL-WAR] Enrolled vs. Mustered I'm not trying to be obstinate here. Most people on this list have seen my name pop up pretty often, and I try to be helpful - so no insult intended . . . But I repeat, muster has nothing to do with swearing in. It's a roll call, pure and simple. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rhonda Houston" <rfhouston@mindspring.com> To: <IL-CIVIL-WAR-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2001 8:23 PM Subject: RE: [IL-CIVIL-WAR] Enrolled vs. Mustered > You are both correct; take a look at how it is that you are using the word. > Rhonda Houston >