At 10:50 AM 5/21/00 -0400, Patti600@aol.com wrote: >Anyone have an idea how I can find out if there's a web site for my great >grandfather's Civil War Army unit??? I have the unit number and tried >putting it into a search engine Search engines are a fine place to start, but don't give up any genealogical search without also browsing the topics at Cyndi's List: http://www.CyndisList.com/ Look under military and there are numerous sites listed that could be of help. One is "NYS and the Civil War": http://www.morrisville.edu/library/local_history/sites/ Look under "New York Civil War Regiments Online" for a listing of New York State units. John ********** John Clavin | jjc@bga.com | Austin, TX **********

You can get mustered out for any reason at all. End of period of enlistment, illness, color-blindness, flat feet, you name it. Mustered out and discharged are generally the same. Usually you can not get a pension unless you have been honorably discharged. Someone who deserts has not had any kind of discharge usually unless it is resolved at a later date. Because of errors and other circumstances a person listed as a deserter might get a pension. In genealogy as in most things there are no absolutes. Never say never. ----- Original Message ----- From: <HZMagida@aol.com> To: <NY-Military-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, May 20, 2000 10:19 AM Subject: [NY-Mil] Significance of "mustered out" and "desertion" > In reading data from ancestry.com civil war database - the term "muster" > seems to be used in different ways - it suggests a transfer or transition > between military units or a type of discharge. > > One possible relative was "mustered out" about six weeks after enlistment - > before his unit was sent on any military missions. Can anyone comment on > what that means? Voluntary discharge? medically unfit? > > Another possible relative deserted after two years of service in a NY > Infantry - would desertion automatically disqualify him for a pension (e.g. > no record)? > > --Helen Magida > Baltimore, MD > >

Anyone have an idea how I can find out if there's a web site for my great grandfather's Civil War Army unit??? I have the unit number and tried putting it into a search engine (someone had mentioned having a great find that way), but nothing came up. Is there a specific web site anyone knows of to track these units??? Thanks.

Hi, I've been trying to track down my father's military records. He told me that he joined the 9th Coastal Defence in 1916 and subsequently transferred to the cavalry. Can anyone give me any information or direction about the 9th Coastal Defence? Thanks, Don Baratta - --------------------------------------------------- Click here for Free Video!! http://www.gohip.com/freevideo/

In reading data from ancestry.com civil war database - the term "muster" seems to be used in different ways - it suggests a transfer or transition between military units or a type of discharge. One possible relative was "mustered out" about six weeks after enlistment - before his unit was sent on any military missions. Can anyone comment on what that means? Voluntary discharge? medically unfit? Another possible relative deserted after two years of service in a NY Infantry - would desertion automatically disqualify him for a pension (e.g. no record)? --Helen Magida Baltimore, MD

I am seeking information on the following: KNOWLES, H., Private, 3d NY, Co. F, died July 1, 1865 Hampton National Cemetery Cemetery Rd. at Marshall Ave. Hampton, VA 23669 Phyllis in Fl.

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Dear fellow listers, I am tracing my 5-gr grandfather John LaDue (LaDieu, LaDiew, LaDoo, LaDu, many spellings) who supposedly came from France with Lafayette to fight in the Revolution. I contacted the NY State Archives and they came up with nothing, I have his bounty land pension papers and they are full of information, but nothing concerning his beginnings. I've sent to the National Archives for his military records and pension records, but they haven't arrived yet. I'm wondering if anyone can suggest any other avenue to venture down? Is there anywhere that I can find information on the men who came over to fight with Lafayette? Any input would be appreciated. Sincerely, Lydia Granda

Sometime during the next few days or week, RootsWeb will be upgrading the list server which hosts the NY-Military-L (and -D) mailing lists. If everything goes as planned, this upgrade will be transparent to users of the list. However, there is a chance that some messages or subscribe/unsubscribe requests may be delayed for several hours. No messages or requests will be lost. Please be patient and give the RootsWeb staff time to clear the problem before sending follow-up messages or requests. These will not get through any quicker and will just confuse the situation. With any luck at all this will be done without anyone even noticing. The new server will allow our our list to operate more smoothly and process messages more quickly. Thanks, John ***** John Clavin | NY-Military-L List Administrator | jjc@bga.com *****

I would try the State Archives <A HREF="http://unix6.nysed.gov/holding/fact/mil-fact.htm"> http://unix6.nysed.gov/holding/fact/mil-fact.htm</A> your descendant belonged to the 4th Albany County Militia, generally only the main Continental units appear in print. Your search should be for orderly books which detailed the units day to day life. Glenn Marshall - New Windsor Town historian historynw@aol.com

ANDERSONVILLE. A mailing list for the descendants and interested historians of Andersonville, the American Civil War's most notorious prison camp, to swap knowledge and research the lives of Union prisoners before, during, and after their time in Andersonville. You must be a subscriber to post to the list. To subscribe send the word "subscribe" (without the quotes) as the only text in the body of a message to andersonville-l-request@rootsweb.com (mail mode) or andersonville-d-request@rootsweb.com (digest mode). -----Original Message----- From: devt@webtv.net [mailto:devt@webtv.net] Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2000 5:22 PM To: NY-Military-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [NY-Mil] NY CW vets monument DOES ANYONE IF AN ONLINE DATABASE EXISTS FOR THIS: Database:           University of Pittsburgh Title:              A pilgrimage to the shrines of patriotism, being the      report of the commission to dedicate the monument    erected by the state of New York, in Andersonville,    Georgia, to commemorate the heroism, sacrifices and                       patriotism of more than nine thousand of her sons who    were confined in that prison ... with an account of      services of the New York resident surviving                       Andersonville veterans held thereat and also enroute at                       Richmond and Danville, Va., Salisbury N.C., and Lookout       mountain, Tenn., April 26-30, 1914. Published by                       authority of the state of New York under the supervision                       of the Andersonville monument dedication commission. Author:             New York (State) Andersonville Monument Dedication                       Commission. Contributors:       Palmer, Abraham John, 1847- Published:          Albany, J. B. Lyon Company, Printers, 1916. Physical Description:                     241, [16] p. front., plates (1 fold.) ports., plan, forms.                       28 cm. Library of Congress Subject Heading(s):                     Andersonville Prison       New York (State)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.                     United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Registers of                       dead. Notes:              "Veteran service record" (16 p. of forms) at end.                     On cover: Dedication of monument erected by the state of        New York at Andersonville, Georgia, 1914.                     A. J. Palmer, chairman.                     "List of New York state soldiers buried in Andersonville                 national  cemetary": p. 171-241. Location:   Hillman Library - General Collection                     copy1 Temporarily Shelved at ULS Storage (Ask at desk) Call Number:        E612 A5N5x Status:             Not Checked Out University of Pittsburgh Libraries Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania http://www.pitt.edu/NewPittInfo/libraries.htm

DOES ANYONE IF AN ONLINE DATABASE EXISTS FOR THIS: Database:           University of Pittsburgh Title:              A pilgrimage to the shrines of patriotism, being the      report of the commission to dedicate the monument    erected by the state of New York, in Andersonville,    Georgia, to commemorate the heroism, sacrifices and                       patriotism of more than nine thousand of her sons who    were confined in that prison ... with an account of      services of the New York resident surviving                       Andersonville veterans held thereat and also enroute at                       Richmond and Danville, Va., Salisbury N.C., and Lookout       mountain, Tenn., April 26-30, 1914. Published by                       authority of the state of New York under the supervision                       of the Andersonville monument dedication commission. Author:             New York (State) Andersonville Monument Dedication                       Commission. Contributors:       Palmer, Abraham John, 1847- Published:          Albany, J. B. Lyon Company, Printers, 1916. Physical Description:                     241, [16] p. front., plates (1 fold.) ports., plan, forms.                       28 cm. Library of Congress Subject Heading(s):                     Andersonville Prison       New York (State)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.                     United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Registers of                       dead. Notes:              "Veteran service record" (16 p. of forms) at end.                     On cover: Dedication of monument erected by the state of        New York at Andersonville, Georgia, 1914.                     A. J. Palmer, chairman.                     "List of New York state soldiers buried in Andersonville                 national  cemetary": p. 171-241. Location:   Hillman Library - General Collection                     copy1 Temporarily Shelved at ULS Storage (Ask at desk) Call Number:        E612 A5N5x Status:             Not Checked Out University of Pittsburgh Libraries Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania http://www.pitt.edu/NewPittInfo/libraries.htm

Go To http://cyndislist.com/mi.htm , Go To "United States Index", Go To NY (U.S. - New York - NY) there are 563 Sites - there got to be something there. I LOOKED and there is a lot on Civil War but lacking on the Revolutionary War. Try State Archives? send them an E-Mail. Richard Callard callard@dancris.net -----Original Message----- From: D Holmes [mailto:dholmes@net-link.net] Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2000 7:31 AM To: NY-Military-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [NY-Mil] 4th Regiment of NY Militia (1776-1781) Our ancestor, Benjamin Hicks, served in the 4th Regiment of the NY Militia (1776-1781). I have confirmed this with pension and DAR records. I am interested in the history of the regiment. He served under Cpt. Anthony Bries (Breas) and Col. Van Rensellear (sp?). All I can find at the library are lists of officers and enlisted men and general information about NY before and during the Revolution. Can anyone refer me to a helpful text or a website that would have the history of this regiment? I would be glad to share what I find. Thanks for any information or leads... Diane dholmes@net-link.net

Go To http://cyndislist.com/mi.htm , Go To "United States Index", Go To "MI" (U.S. - Michigan - MI), Go To "Military", Go To "The Civil War Archive - Union Regiments - Michigan" ITS ALL THERE. ALSO Go To "State Archives of Michigan", Go To "Research Services", Go To "General Reference Services", Go To "Military Records", Go To "War Records" ITS ALL THERE. Richard Callard callard@dancris.net -----Original Message----- From: Raymar7538@aol.com [mailto:Raymar7538@aol.com] Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2000 4:18 AM To: NY-Military-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [NY-Mil] MI Civil War History Charles, For information on MI Civil War history try the following: http://users.aol.com/dharvey/cwmireg.htm This is the web site of Don Harvey. He is the best source for Michigan Civil War History info known to me. If Don doesn't know the answer to your questions--he knows where to look for the answers. Another good source would be the Official Record of the War of the Rebellion, known as the "OR"-this is a multi-volume resource available at most good sized local libraries. Has the official records for all known Union regiments & companies that fought in the Civil War. Gives a good historical account of the activities of each regiment & company. There is also an OR available for the Confederate armies. Happy Hunting Mary

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------561C0C303C075AE6D6300855 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Correction! It is George Hicks, Jr. I'm searching for, not Benjamin. Thanks again for any leads or hints... Diane in Michigan dholmes@net-link.net --------------561C0C303C075AE6D6300855 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Mozilla-Status2: 00000000 Message-ID: <3923FE9A.228B62B7@net-link.net> Date: Thu, 18 May 2000 10:30:50 -0400 From: D Holmes <dholmes@net-link.net> Reply-To: dholmes@net-link.net X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en]C-CCK-MCD {TLC;RETAIL} (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: mailing list NY Military History <NY-Military-L@rootsweb.com> Subject: 4th Regiment of NY Militia (1776-1781) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Our ancestor, Benjamin Hicks, served in the 4th Regiment of the NY Militia (1776-1781). I have confirmed this with pension and DAR records. I am interested in the history of the regiment. He served under Cpt. Anthony Bries (Breas) and Col. Van Rensellear (sp?). All I can find at the library are lists of officers and enlisted men and general information about NY before and during the Revolution. Can anyone refer me to a helpful text or a website that would have the history of this regiment? I would be glad to share what I find. Thanks for any information or leads... Diane dholmes@net-link.net --------------561C0C303C075AE6D6300855--

Our ancestor, Benjamin Hicks, served in the 4th Regiment of the NY Militia (1776-1781). I have confirmed this with pension and DAR records. I am interested in the history of the regiment. He served under Cpt. Anthony Bries (Breas) and Col. Van Rensellear (sp?). All I can find at the library are lists of officers and enlisted men and general information about NY before and during the Revolution. Can anyone refer me to a helpful text or a website that would have the history of this regiment? I would be glad to share what I find. Thanks for any information or leads... Diane dholmes@net-link.net

Listers, Sorry-I accidently gave wrong address for the Don Harvey Civil War site. http://users.aol.com/dlharvey/cwmireg.htm Mary

Dear Listmembers, I've been in the background for a month or more and would like to encourage other readers to post their step-by-step research attempts;successes and failures to this list. Here is an example: I have always wanted to "find" my father's great-grandfather, our long heralded Union Army ancestor. While posting queries on the NYC-ROOTS-L list, I was gently reminded to do my basic research e.g. get a birth certificate or other vital record to verify this ancestor's identify before proceeding with further research. Low and behold, that suggestion got results - the elusive ancestor turned out to be a "Joseph" Curtin rather than a "John" Curtin. Since I ran into too many "brick walls" searching for our direct ancestor - I searched the NYC death records index for NYC all of his children's death certificates which verified his name. I thought I "knew" my ancestor's real name, my father proudly spoke of John aka Joe all of his years....just to show you how fallible family stories can be. --Helen Magida Baltimore, Maryland

Charles, For information on MI Civil War history try the following: http://users.aol.com/dharvey/cwmireg.htm This is the web site of Don Harvey. He is the best source for Michigan Civil War History info known to me. If Don doesn't know the answer to your questions--he knows where to look for the answers. Another good source would be the Official Record of the War of the Rebellion, known as the "OR"-this is a multi-volume resource available at most good sized local libraries. Has the official records for all known Union regiments & companies that fought in the Civil War. Gives a good historical account of the activities of each regiment & company. There is also an OR available for the Confederate armies. Happy Hunting Mary

I am looking for the service records of two units during the Civil War. The units are: Company F, Michigan Tenth Infantry from January 1862 on; and the Company G, Michigan Eight Infantry from September 1861 on. I have an ancestor in each unit. Charles Gilbert