In a message dated 11/6/1998 7:19:08 AM Central Standard Time, MAME-D- [email protected] writes: > Subject: [OHMARION-L] Found: Original Civil War Discharge Paper > Resent-Message-ID: <"P2TVQD.A.r-B.5E1P2"@bl-14.rootsweb.com> > To: [email protected] > Resent-From: [email protected] > X-Mailing-List: <[email protected]> archive/latest/292 > X-Loop: [email protected] > Precedence: list > Resent-Sender: [email protected] > > I don't know how to get this posted nation-wide. But, I would like to > see this original document returned to a member of the original > family. My mother-in-law bought a picture frame at an estate sale in > Tucson, AZ. When she took the picture out and removed the cardboard > from behind it, a very delicate, old, and yellowed piece of paper fell > out. This is a summary of what was written and readable on the paper: > =========================================== > Civil War Discharge Paper > For: Mark CROSBY, Jr. > Private, Company B, 16th Regiment > Union Army > >From Yarmouth, Massachussetts > Entered service in 1860 and left service 1864 > Marked Paid and signed by B. McCONNELL > > Description: > 5 ft. 3 inches, gray eyes, dark curly hair. > He was a clerk in the Union Army. > > Entered in the Auditors records on July 26, 1870 > This document bears the Union Crest. > ================================================= > > Help me post this for others to read. If you know someone who might > be interested in this document, please E-Mail a reply to my inquiry. > > A life is not lost when it is known to future generations. Help me > keep Mark CROSBY, Jr. alive for his family. > > Forward this message to anywhere you think might help. > > Happy Hunting! > Nancy J. Smith > [email protected] > >