I would like to add my two cents worth to your info Mary Ellen...My great grandfather lived in the Oakland area near the border to W. Va. and served with a unit from W. Va. If other genealogists have kin that lived near the border of W. Va. and cannot find their kin in Md. units check with W. Va. My ggf unit protected the B&O railroad from southern saboteurs. Lois Z. ________________________________ From: Mary Ellen Chambers <maryln61@sbcglobal.net> To: MDALLEGA-L <MDALLEGA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thu, January 7, 2010 11:16:46 AM Subject: [MDALLEGA] Civil War Records We used the National Archives to gain access to the records of my husband's grandfather and his two older brothers. They included, enlistment, service record, discharge, penion and also application of his grandmother for penion assist since she had 1 minor child at the time of his grandfather's death in 1917. Found them very informative. This was especially true re: his one great uncle who it appeared would desert, go home for a while and then reup. He would be given a stipend at each reup!! Also, by knowing with which MD troop they served and the battles, we were able to look up online the history of that regiment. Then study the particular battles to see just exactly what they faced and their contribution.. We plan to do a journal for the family about their ancestors involvement in this terrible War. They were not famous generals but when the Civil War is studied in school, they will have a wonderful grasp of their family's part in American History. Mary Ellen Chambers Lakewood, OH ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MDALLEGA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

It works the other around around too. Quite a few men from around Bruceton Mills , WV in Preston County, including my gggrandfather and some of his relatives, served in Company H, 3rd Maryland Potomac Home Brigade. On the other side of my family, my gggrandfather from Cumberland served in Company C - 2nd Regiment Potomac Home Brigade. Rick ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lois Zelina" <zelinalois@yahoo.com> To: <mdallega@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2010 6:02 PM Subject: Re: [MDALLEGA] Civil War Records >I would like to add my two cents worth to your info Mary Ellen...My great >grandfather lived in the Oakland area near the border to W. Va. and >served with a unit from W. Va. If other genealogists have kin that lived >near the border of W. Va. and cannot find their kin in Md. units check with >W. Va. My ggf unit protected the B&O railroad from southern > saboteurs. Lois Z. > > > > ________________________________ > From: Mary Ellen Chambers <maryln61@sbcglobal.net> > To: MDALLEGA-L <MDALLEGA-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thu, January 7, 2010 11:16:46 AM > Subject: [MDALLEGA] Civil War Records > > We used the National Archives to gain access to the records of my > husband's grandfather and his two older brothers. They included, > enlistment, service record, discharge, penion and also application of his > grandmother for penion assist since she had 1 minor child at the time of > his grandfather's death in 1917. Found them very informative. > This was especially true re: his one great uncle who it appeared > would desert, go home for a while and then reup. He would be given a > stipend at each reup!! > Also, by knowing with which MD troop they served and the battles, we > were able to look up online the history of that regiment. Then study the > particular battles to see just exactly what they faced and their > contribution.. > We plan to do a journal for the family about their ancestors > involvement in this terrible War. They were not famous generals but when > the Civil War is studied in school, they will have a wonderful grasp of > their family's part in American History. > > Mary Ellen Chambers > Lakewood, OH > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MDALLEGA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MDALLEGA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Has anyone heard of Layton's Ford near Cumberland? On the back of a 1872 stereoview photograph is written in pencil: "At Laytons Ford 3 miles below Cumberland on the Potomac River." I am collecting information about 19th century Potomac River fords. Wileys Ford is well known, but this is the first time I had heard of Laytons. I'd like to find another source of information to confirm it. Thanks Tim

Layton must have been a popular name. There is a Laytonsville, Maryland on route 108. Wonder if there is a connection?

That is exactly the type of info the family has gathered on our ancestors.  There is much more to their story than dates and the names of battles and regiments.  It brings them alive and the time in history they lived. Mary Ellen Chambers ________________________________ From: Lois Zelina <zelinalois@yahoo.com> To: mdallega@rootsweb.com Sent: Thu, January 7, 2010 6:02:00 PM Subject: Re: [MDALLEGA] Civil War Records I would like to add my two cents worth to your info Mary Ellen...My great grandfather lived  in the Oakland  area near the border to W. Va. and served with a unit from W. Va.  If other genealogists have kin that lived near the border of W. Va. and cannot find their kin in Md. units check with W. Va. My ggf unit protected the B&O railroad from southern saboteurs.  Lois Z. ________________________________ From: Mary Ellen Chambers <maryln61@sbcglobal.net> To: MDALLEGA-L <MDALLEGA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thu, January 7, 2010 11:16:46 AM Subject: [MDALLEGA] Civil War Records       We used the National Archives to gain access to the records of my husband's grandfather and his two older brothers.  They included, enlistment, service record, discharge, penion and also application of his grandmother for penion assist since she had 1 minor child at the time of his grandfather's death in 1917.  Found them very informative.       This was especially true re: his one great uncle who it appeared would desert, go home for a while and then reup.  He would be given a stipend at each reup!!       Also, by knowing with which MD troop they served and the battles, we were able to look up online the history of that regiment.  Then study the particular battles to see just exactly what they faced and their contribution..       We plan to do a journal for the family about their ancestors involvement in this terrible War.  They were not famous generals but when the Civil War is studied in school, they will have a wonderful grasp of their family's part in American History. Mary Ellen Chambers Lakewood, OH ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MDALLEGA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message       ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MDALLEGA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

A little info that we gleaned from the archives and also the "Across the Desk" articles from the Cumberland paper. My grandfather Silas Kifer and his brother David enlisted in the in the army at Harper's Ferry. They were in the Cavalry, I assume because they had their own horses. They were attached to Cole's Battalion and later on detached duty at General Emery's headquarters. The newspaper article states that Silas was a spy for the north as his group rode behind enemy lines gathering information and sometimes harrassing the southern troops as they marched. The article also credits Silas with saving cumberland as he rode from Flintstone to Cumberland to warn of the southern troops toward Cumberland. If anyone can add to this, please do so.