This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: AVERY Classification: Military Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SRB.2ACE/12216.1.1.1 Message Board Post: trust me here; First off, I doubt very much if a Yankee born William AVERY joined in GEORGIA for the Civil War more apt to be this one William A Avery , Residence: Greensburg, Indiana is in DECATUR CO INDIANA Enlistment Date: 14 December 1863 Distinguished Service: Side Served: Union State Served: Indiana Unit Numbers: 524 524 Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 14 December 1863 Enlisted in Company B, 123rd Infantry Regiment Indiana on 14 December 1863. Mustered out Company B, 123rd Infantry Regiment Indiana on 25 August 1865 in Raleigh, NC this same man and service record was pensioned in KANSAS in the 1880's month of June I cannot read exact yr in 1880 ther e is one WilliamAvery b Indiana, father MASS mother NY in the town you give in Kansas wife Nettie son Oren and Archie Age: 32 Estimated birth year: <1848> Birthplace: Indiana Occupation: Farmer Relationship to head-of-household: Self Home in 1880: Logan, Ottawa, Kansas Marital status: Married Race: White Gender: Male Spouse's name: Nettie Avery Father's birthplace: MA Mother's birthplace: NY but I see no tie here yet to Chautauqua CO NY AVERY family; Dee