Thanks for adding to this entry - I saw his name, so I had to send him along. As you can see there is very little information to identify a person, but the site says they are adding to it all the time. I think the idea is to combine data from all kinds of Civil War data sources for the "regular" folks [not just the officers] and link it all together into one source of information. I mentioned these sites in my message to Don, but worth mentioning again - all of them free The Illinois Civil War Project - http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/ and state of illinois on line databases http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/datcivil.html Soldiers and Sailors of the Civil War http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/index.html Lisa ----- Original Message ----- From: <VCrawf@aol.com> To: <ILSTANNE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, June 25, 2005 11:50 AM Subject: Re: [ILSTANNE] Civil War data - Charles A. Chiniquy > In a message dated 6/24/2005 8:54:29 PM Pacific Standard Time, > llepore@comcast.net writes: > Name: Charles A Chiniquy , > Residence: St Ann, Illinois > Enlistment Date: 10 February 1865 > Distinguished Service: DISTINGUISHED SERVICE > Side Served: Union > State Served: Illinois > Unit Numbers: 327 327 > Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 10 February 1865 > Enlisted in Company K, 147th Infantry Regiment Illinois on 14 February > 1865. > Promoted to Full Lieutenant 1st Class on 19 February 1865 > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > This was Charles Achille (or Albert) CHINIQUY, born 1846 to Achille Chiniquy > and Luce Fraser. Fr. Charles Chiniquy, brother of Achille, was Charles A.'s > uncle. > > Company K marched south, engaging in some spatters of guerilla warfare on the > way (according to the regimental history) - then ended at Andersonville, the > notorious Confedrate prison where Union soldiers were held under inhumane > conditions (or so the story goes - the Confederate captors were probably little > better off). I think Co. K assisted in escorting the freed Union prisoners > back to the North. > > Charles A. married Stella Russell and left no issue. > > Thanks for reminding me of my OTHER Uncle Charlie, apparently an interesting > guy. >