In a message dated 11/1/2002 8:01:20 PM Eastern Standard Time, ILWILL-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > So my question, is to get alittle more info on this militia roll. I did a > lookup on the IRAD site and came up with a few Michael Mannings, and also a > few Henesy, but they aren't listed in the same unit. Should I just blindly > send away for civil war packets on the Michael Manning's I did find, hoping > that one of them is mine? The first one I'm going to do is the one that > resides in Joliet, keeping my fingers crossed :) > Per Civil War soldier records on Ancestry.com, there were 3 Michael MANNING's who enlisted in the state of IL. One resided in Missouri, the second in Carlinville, IL, and the third, Michael W. MANNING, resided in Joliet. << Michael W Manning Residence: Joliet, Illinois Occupation: Service Record: Enlisted as a Lieutenant 1st Class on 31 December 1861 Enlisted in Company E, 64th Infantry Regiment Illinois on 31 December 1861. Promoted to Full Captain on 04 October 1862 effective 25 October 1862 Transfered on 19 February 1864 from company E to company S Promoted to Full Lieutenant Colonel on 19 February 1864 Mustered out Company E, 64th Infantry Regiment Illinois on 09 April 1865 >> The 64th organized in Aurora. He seems the most likely choice. Hope that helps narrow your focus. Sally Knudsen Michigan, USA My Family Page: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~samkfamily/index.html