CIVIL WAR PROJECT STATE ARCHIVES NEED PHOTO'S AND STORIES FOR ALL OF ILLINOIS!! We are trying to extend, and to some degree personalize, the information on the Civil War Rosters. Since many of us had ancestors in the Civil War the Rosters mean more to us than just a list of names, ranks and mustered in/out dates and the location they were living. Many of these men kept diaries, wrote letters home, told stories after the war was over. Illinois was a large contributor to the numbers of men that joined the Union Army for the purpose of Freedom for the Slaves in the South. In some cases the whole adult male population of a given town joined the forces. Some came back whole, some with missing limbs, maimed, or diseased. Some didn't come back at all, to either die on a battle field, or later in the prison camps. They were our Ancestors, and their contribution to the purpose of Freedom deserves mentioning, more than just in a list. So, if you have any stories, handing down, letters, diaries written by any of your ancestors. Please send them to me via e-mail, if possible, or snail mail. Stories, diaries or letters: e-mail - [email protected] Snail Mail - Teresa Davis 908 Wiegand Drive Bridge City, La. 70094 Photos: e-mail Susan Potts at [email protected] send e-mail to Susan, and she will get with you on how and what to do. Thanking you in advance, Terry <fontfamily><param>Arial</param><bigger>Onwards and Upwards (still a beautiful day) Teresa (Terry) Davis <underline><color><param>0000,0000,ffff</param>[email protected] </color></underline>Visit my Home Pages <underline><color><param>0000,0000,ffff</param>http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/2134 </color></underline>and <underline><color><param>0000,0000,ffff</param>http://personal.msy.bellsouth.net/msy/t/e/terryd13/</color></underline> USGenWeb: St. Mary Parish, La.: <underline><color><param>0000,0000,ffff</param>http://www.rootsweb.com/~lastmary/laindex.htm </color></underline>In Illinois: Fayette: <underline><color><param>0000,0000,ffff</param>http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilfayett/ilfayette.htm </color></underline>Logan <underline><color><param>0000,0000,ffff</param>http://www.rootsweb.com/~illogan/loindex.htm </color></underline>Mercer <underline><color><param>0000,0000,ffff</param>http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmercer/ </color></underline>Washington County in Ms. <underline><color><param>0000,0000,ffff</param>http://www.rootsweb.com/~mswashin/mindex.htm </color></underline>Member of USIGS: <underline><color><param>0000,0000,ffff</param>http://www.usigs.org/ </color></underline></bigger></fontfamily>