This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/IFB.2ACE/986.2.1 Message Board Post: Hi My Jeremiah Burns joined the 61st Massachusetts in the the last year of the Civil War. The war was over three months later. I don't think the unit was started in 1862. I have access to some records & will be happy to look up your ancester. Christine Burns Nathan