Virginia, Clark is a common name. You might want to look up regimental histories that may be available on the Internet. This will give you a general geography for many of the men who enlisted. If that geography seems reasonable based on what you know about the men in general, you may wish to order the civil war pension files on these men, if they exist (may not for deserters). Such files generally provide information about the lives of the soldier which will allow you to determine where they were from and who their immediate family was. See www.nara.gov (National Archives) for more information. The price can be a little prohibitive, but these files can solve a number of mysteries as well. Otherwise, you might want to go after siblings or other relatives. If they bought "mug book" sections for themselves, those narratives might give clues as to what happened to these two men. Good luck, sk INELKHAR-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > > Subject: > > INELKHAR-D Digest Volume 04 : Issue 16 > > Today's Topics: > #1 [INELKHAR] Civil War Regiments ["Virginia Leighty" <vleighty@earth] > > Administrivia: > To unsubscribe from INELKHAR-D, send a message to > > INELKHAR-D-request@rootsweb.com > > that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [INELKHAR] Civil War Regiments > Date: Sat, 3 Apr 2004 08:00:28 -0800 > From: "Virginia Leighty" <vleighty@earthlink.net> > To: INELKHAR-L@rootsweb.com > > Is anyone on this list a Civil War Buff? I need some advice please. > > There are two brothers, ELLIS & JOHN CLARK. Both were in Elkhart. They seem > to have disappeared after 1860, so I think they may have volunteered for > the war. I have some Regiment information as follows: > > 9th Infantry Regiment of Indiana. There is an Ellis Clark who enlisted on 5 > Sep 1861 as a private. In 1862 he deserted the regiment on Oct 10 in > Louisville Kentucky. > > 2nd Cavalry Regiment of Indiana. A John Clark enlisted 19 Nov 1861 as a > private. He died on 15 Dec 1862 of wounds received in battle. This was also > in Louisville, Kentucky. > > My problem is how to connect this information with my Ellis and John? How > can I determine if these are the same men? Any suggestions? > > Virginia