This is a reply to Valerie Kuhn and her inquiry concerning the Union Army soldiers in "camp" around the city of Washington on or about July 14, 1864 when Confederate General Jubal A. Early sought to attack that city by moving up the Shenandoah Valley via Winchester, Va. My ggguncle was killed at this last battle for Winchester when General Early sought to attack a Union position held by 300 Union Calvary armed with repeating rifles. I am not sure which Union units were defending the nation's capitol, but I think elements of General Phil Sheridan's army eventually drove General Early's army back away from Washington. Your Irish relative was most likely among units of the Union Army defending the city. Pat Hollis/ Dan Hogan wrote: > Federal units under General Lew Wallace were encamped "in camp" around > Washington due to the threat of Confederate Jubal Early's army who > reached the outskirts of the city on July 14, 1864 and shelled some > outlying areas in order to draw troops away from the main fight in VA. > Dan Hogan > > On Thursday, September 30, 2004, at 11:37 AM, Valerie Kuhn wrote: > >> I recently found an advertisement my gggrandfather placed in "The >> Search for Missing Friends: Irish Immigrant Advertisement Placed in >> the Boston Pilot". In it he states of his cousin "who came to this >> country in the Spring of 1863, and was in the camp before Washington >> in July, 1864...." Does anyone have any idea what "in the camp >> before Washington" means? I would appreciate any help. >> >> Valerie >> Sacramento >> > > > ==== IRISH-AMERICAN Mailing List ==== > The IRISH-AMERICAN Mailing List Website and Lookup Service > http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/IrishAmerican/ > Use this to unsub, change your subscription, links, etc. > >

Thank you for the answer to my question. For some reason, I would never have thought that my Irish ancestors fought in the Civil War.....Now I have another place to look. Thanx again, Valerie "Patrick D. Hollis" <phollis@satx.rr.com> wrote: This is a reply to Valerie Kuhn and her inquiry concerning the Union Army soldiers in "camp" around the city of Washington on or about July 14, 1864 when Confederate General Jubal A. Early sought to attack that city by moving up the Shenandoah Valley via Winchester, Va. My ggguncle was killed at this last battle for Winchester when General Early sought to attack a Union position held by 300 Union Calvary armed with repeating rifles. I am not sure which Union units were defending the nation's capitol, but I think elements of General Phil Sheridan's army eventually drove General Early's army back away from Washington. Your Irish relative was most likely among units of the Union Army defending the city. Pat Hollis/ Dan Hogan wrote: > Federal units under General Lew Wallace were encamped "in camp" around > Washington due to the threat of Confederate Jubal Early's army who > reached the outskirts of the city on July 14, 1864 and shelled some > outlying areas in order to draw troops away from the main fight in VA. > Dan Hogan > > On Thursday, September 30, 2004, at 11:37 AM, Valerie Kuhn wrote: > >> I recently found an advertisement my gggrandfather placed in "The >> Search for Missing Friends: Irish Immigrant Advertisement Placed in >> the Boston Pilot". In it he states of his cousin "who came to this >> country in the Spring of 1863, and was in the camp before Washington >> in July, 1864...." Does anyone have any idea what "in the camp >> before Washington" means? I would appreciate any help. >> >> Valerie >> Sacramento >> > > > ==== IRISH-AMERICAN Mailing List ==== > The IRISH-AMERICAN Mailing List Website and Lookup Service > http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/IrishAmerican/ > Use this to unsub, change your subscription, links, etc. > > ==== IRISH-AMERICAN Mailing List ==== The IRISH-AMERICAN Mailing List Website and Lookup Service http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/IrishAmerican/ Use this to unsub, change your subscription, links, etc.