Hi Ruth, If you will go to this website: http://www.firstminnesota.com/ and click on the link to the left which says, Roster of the Old First, and run a search for "goddard," you will find a nice biography of your Charles E. Goddard with a beautiful photograph of him in his uniform. It gives quite a bit of information, including the maiden name of his mother, Catherine M. Fruit. Isn't the WWW great? Karen Sullivan Visit Alden Kindred of America at http://www.alden.org/ -----Original Message----- From: Ruth Barton [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 2:44 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [MINNESOTA] Charlie GODDARD, Civil War veteran Hi to all you good folks in MN from snowy, cold Vermont. I just joined this list for one purpose, to see what if anything I can find about Charlie GODDARD, a Civil War veteran. Here's what I know: In 1861 he lived in Winona, Winona, MN, he joined the Army at Fort Snelling in 1861. He was in the 1st Minnesota Volunteers. He had a younger brother Orren. His father, Paul, died previously from being kicked by a horse. His mother was still living in 1861, don't know her name. Charlie died Ae. 23 in 1868, so his birth would have been 1844 or 45. This is all I know of him except he was injured in the war and ultimately died of his wounds, apparently. I have no idea how to go about researching in MN. Can I order birth, death, marriage certs from the town clerk as we can here in VT? I know I have run into a snag in VA, I wanted to get my grandmother's death cert and I can't as they will only give one to children and my Mom is dead. Doesn't make a lick of sense to me but most govt things don't. Thanks for any help you can give me. Ruth -- Ruth Barton [email protected] Westminster, VT ==== MINNESOTA Mailing List ==== Join the Rootsweb WorldConnect Project! Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. http://www.worldconnect.rootsweb.com ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

Karen, That's an incredible site, what a thrill it must be for Ruth - I got chills and it isn't even my family. You're right - the WWW is great! Just another limb, Laura search for fallen leaves at http://home.attbi.com/~branchingout/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karen Sullivan" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 11:06 AM Subject: RE: [MINNESOTA] Charlie GODDARD, Civil War veteran > Hi Ruth, > > If you will go to this website: > > http://www.firstminnesota.com/ > > and click on the link to the left which says, Roster of the Old First, and > run a search for "goddard," you will find a nice biography of your Charles > E. Goddard with a beautiful photograph of him in his uniform. It gives > quite a bit of information, including the maiden name of his mother, > Catherine M. Fruit. Isn't the WWW great? > > Karen Sullivan > Visit Alden Kindred of America at http://www.alden.org/ > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ruth Barton [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 2:44 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [MINNESOTA] Charlie GODDARD, Civil War veteran > > > Hi to all you good folks in MN from snowy, cold Vermont. I just joined > this list for one purpose, to see what if anything I can find about Charlie > GODDARD, a Civil War veteran. Here's what I know: In 1861 he lived in > Winona, Winona, MN, he joined the Army at Fort Snelling in 1861. He was in > the 1st Minnesota Volunteers. He had a younger brother Orren. His father, > Paul, died previously from being kicked by a horse. His mother was still > living in 1861, don't know her name. Charlie died Ae. 23 in 1868, so his > birth would have been 1844 or 45. This is all I know of him except he was > injured in the war and ultimately died of his wounds, apparently. > > I have no idea how to go about researching in MN. Can I order birth, > death, marriage certs from the town clerk as we can here in VT? I know I > have run into a snag in VA, I wanted to get my grandmother's death cert and > I can't as they will only give one to children and my Mom is dead. Doesn't > make a lick of sense to me but most govt things don't. Thanks for any help > you can give me. Ruth > -- > Ruth Barton > [email protected] > Westminster, VT > > > ==== MINNESOTA Mailing List ==== > Join the Rootsweb WorldConnect Project! Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a > time. > http://www.worldconnect.rootsweb.com > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go > to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > ==== MINNESOTA Mailing List ==== > Join the Rootsweb WorldConnect Project! Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://www.worldconnect.rootsweb.com > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

Hi Karen, Thanks for the prompt reply. I found much of interest on the Winona Historical Soc web page. The reason I was interested in Charlie GODDARD is that I am auditing a Children's Lit class at a local college and we have just read "Soldier's Heart" by Gary Paulsen and some of the students in the class wanted to know more about GODDARD so I said I'd see what I could dig up. I am an old lady but these students are traditional college age kids. My but they seem silly and YOUNG sometimes. It was interesting to see the note on the web page that disagrees quite strongly with Paulsen's portrayal of GODDARD. We were left believing that he died as a result of his time in the war but from what I have read on the web page it doesn't appear that that was the case. Some of the class were even wondering if he committed suicide as a result of his service. Thanks again, Ruth At 12:06 PM -0500 3/6/03, Karen Sullivan wrote: >Hi Ruth, > >If you will go to this website: > >http://www.firstminnesota.com/ > >and click on the link to the left which says, Roster of the Old First, and >run a search for "goddard," you will find a nice biography of your Charles >E. Goddard with a beautiful photograph of him in his uniform. It gives >quite a bit of information, including the maiden name of his mother, >Catherine M. Fruit. Isn't the WWW great? > >Karen Sullivan >Visit Alden Kindred of America at http://www.alden.org/ > >-----Original Message----- >From: Ruth Barton [mailto:[email protected]] >Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 2:44 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: [MINNESOTA] Charlie GODDARD, Civil War veteran > > >Hi to all you good folks in MN from snowy, cold Vermont. I just joined >this list for one purpose, to see what if anything I can find about Charlie >GODDARD, a Civil War veteran. Here's what I know: In 1861 he lived in >Winona, Winona, MN, he joined the Army at Fort Snelling in 1861. He was in >the 1st Minnesota Volunteers. He had a younger brother Orren. His father, >Paul, died previously from being kicked by a horse. His mother was still >living in 1861, don't know her name. Charlie died Ae. 23 in 1868, so his >birth would have been 1844 or 45. This is all I know of him except he was >injured in the war and ultimately died of his wounds, apparently. > >I have no idea how to go about researching in MN. Can I order birth, >death, marriage certs from the town clerk as we can here in VT? I know I >have run into a snag in VA, I wanted to get my grandmother's death cert and >I can't as they will only give one to children and my Mom is dead. Doesn't >make a lick of sense to me but most govt things don't. Thanks for any help >you can give me. Ruth >-- >Ruth Barton >[email protected] >Westminster, VT > > >==== MINNESOTA Mailing List ==== >Join the Rootsweb WorldConnect Project! Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a >time. >http://www.worldconnect.rootsweb.com > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go >to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 -- Ruth Barton [email protected] Westminster, VT