>Resent-Sender: CIVIL-WAR-request@rootsweb.com >Content-Length: 2888 > >Version 5.1 of the U.S. Civil War Units File (Feb. 25, 1999) is >available on the web and will soon be available from the Rootsweb >server (see below for addresses). > >The Civil War Units File (CWUNITS) lists people who have information >on a unit or ship (often rosters, battles, etc.) and are willing to >help others research it. Some are experts; most are "just" helpful >fellow researchers. If you see a listing for a unit you are >interested in, you can send the contact person email and share >information. There are also listings for battles, organizations, >counties, ethnic groups, etc. > >The following addresses no longer work and I was unable to find the >people, so I have deleted their listings. If you are one of these >people or know how to contact one, please email me. > >hearman@iglou.com >larsgj@sn.no > >CWUNITS is five files (plus one for the intro and one for the FAQ) >as follows: > >Part Filename Contents >0 CWUNITS introduction only >1 CWUNITS1 USA national & states A-I >2 CWUNITS2 USA states K-N >3 CWUNITS3 USA states O-W >4 CWUNITS4 CSA national & states A-M >5 CWUNITS5 CSA states N-V >Q FAQ frequently asked questions and answers > >Parts 1-5 include the intro as well as the listings. Within a state >the units are organized by number (1st Infantry, etc.). > >The Civil War Units File is on the American Civil War Homepage: >http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/warweb.html >under the heading Rosters & Regimental Histories. I don't run this site. > >To get the latest version by email at any time: >Send email to ROOTS-L-request@rootsweb.com >(Upper and lower case count in the email address and everywhere else.) >Subject: archive >Text is: >get genealog.cwunits >get genealog.cwunits1 >get genealog.cwunits2 >get genealog.cwunitsq >etc. >The period (.) has to be after genealog and before the file name. > >To get a listing of all of the ROOTS-L files, send the command >get roots-l.catalog > >Another way to obtain files is via anonymous ftp. To do this, ftp to >ftp.rootsweb.com using "anonymous" (withOUT quotes!) as your >username and your net address as your password. Issue the command: > > cd /pub/roots-l/genealog/ > >You may issue a dir command to see a listing of files, use ctrl-s >to temporarily halt the dir command, and ctrl-q to resume the dir >command. The command for retrieving a file via ftp is: > > get genealog.filename > >substituting, of course, the proper filename for "filename" above. >Notice the PERIOD between "genealog" and the filename. >Then issue a quit command to exit. > >If you have a file you would like included in the GENEALOG area, >please send email to the Genealog administrator, Vicki Lindsay: > > chance@eskimo.com > >describing the file. Please do _not_ send her a file without asking. > >Questions and new listings for the CWUNITS file go to me. > >Carol Botteron (ancestors on both sides) botteron@alum.mit.edu > > >---2139045425-654246144-920302465=:16703-- > >