Ruth, The problem is that July 12, 1861 was a Friday, according to the day calculator at: CalendarHome.com Day Calculator Looking at the paper again, I see other references to the year being 1864. On Nov 6, 2010, at 12:49 PM, Ruth Sprowls wrote: > Priscilla, what I read is: > July 12, 1861 > > I have been working with a lot of old newspaper articles lately, > and I really think that is 1861 - which makes sense. The cry for > volunteers for the Civil War went out in April 1861 - > it looks like the article with the list of names could be those who > just enlisted from the 14th, 15th and 16th districts. > Ruth