Lura advised this site [[Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System http://165.83.221.5/cwss/]] that I had copied wasn't working for her..... My apologies to all. In my haste to answer I copied the url from the archives, but didn't try out the link. I, too, was not able to get the link to work, either from aol or my cable internet...however, a Google search came up with the following and it does work--at least today. <A HREF="http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/">Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System</A> The CWSS is a comprehensive research tool for searching the records of the soldiers and sailors that fought in the Civil War. Description: The CWSS is a comprehensive research tool for searching the records of the soldiers and sailors that... Category: <A HREF="http://directory.google.com/Top/Society/History/By_Region/North_America/United_States/Wars/Civil_War/Union_Units/?il=1">Society > History > ... > Wars > Civil War > Union Units</A> www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/ - 5k - <A HREF="http://216.239.53.100/search?q=cache:7JP11xMSKdoC:www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/+%22civil+war+soldiers+and+sailors%22&hl=en&ie=UTF-8">Cached</A> - <A HREF="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=related:www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/">Similar pages</A> there was also a website with many links about cw soldiers at www.cwc.lsu.edu/cwc/links/cwsuinfo2.htm and finally, this one, also tested as working today, ooked like it would fill the bill: <A HREF="http://www.civil-war.net/">The Civil War Home Page</A> ... Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System. Database from the War Department's muster rolls of the Union and Confederate armies. Message Board. ... www.civil-war.net/ sorry about leaving you with untested information earlier, susan strickland russell [seeking word of Absolom Strickland of Duplin/Sampson/Cumberland counties, NC]