This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: McNamara/Wall/McGrath/McSheen/Rooney/Barry Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.counties.berkshire/3748.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi Emily, did you ever get any information on that picture you posted? Looks like a civil war bayonette, I bet it's a picture of him in a GAR Uniform. (Grand Army of the Republic) You should try sending a copy to the North Adams Historical Society they might be able to help you. I know there's a book at the North Adams Public Library that names all the North Adams Civil War Vets. By the way my gggrandfather was Michael McNamara, from 65 River St in North Adams, his grave marker has a civil war medallion on it that states GAR 78/6, regrettably he died right before the GAR for North Adams was started (1887) so I couldn't find exactly where he enlisted.