You might want to check the Illinois Adjutant General's Reports. They are published volumes, arranged by regiment and company. County histories can be useful, if he enlisted in Knox Co., this should give the organization he was with, likewise if he went to nearby Warren or Fulton Counties. That will help in using the Adjutant General's Reports. Rex At 11:57 AM 12/16/2000 EST, you wrote: >Hello, > >I found, this past week, that my g-grandfather's burial shows him as a >veteral of the Civil War. His home during that period of was Abingdon, >Illinois. Can anyone advise me how to confirm or deny his participation? > >Frederick Christianer moved to Abingdon, Knox County, from Canton, Fulton >County, Illinois sometime before May of 1858. Therefore, I believe that his >home would have been Abingdon during the Civil War. His profession was that >of a dentist. I have no idea what kind of service he would have performed >and I don't know where he might have entered the service. > >Fred Christianer moved from Abingdon to Des Moines, Iowa about 1890 or after >and lived there until his death. He is buried in Woodland Cemetery in Des >Moines. Ancestry.com has a database named Iowa Cemetery Listings in which >his burial has the comment: "Lt Col Civil War". > >I have seen no other reference to his military participation. I do not see >his name on the current transcribed military rolls. Is there a set of >volumes which lists Illinois Civil War veterans? If so, what is the title? > >Thank you for your efforts. > >--Jack Trauth > >