Robert, it is not that I am reluctant to add William to the Civil War muster rolls, it is just that the Tracing your Roots in Greene County website is a collection of source documents of and about Greene County people. I cannot change these original documents to include William, as much as I understand your desire to do so. I encourage you to write an article on William, and I would be happy to include this on the website. Sylvia -------------------------------------------------- From: "Robert Carman" <sixgran@msn.com> Sent: Monday, May 16, 2011 4:29 PM To: "NYGREENE-L" <NYGREENE-L@rootsweb.com> Subject: [NYGREENE] Fw: Civil War POW > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Mike Szyszka<mailto:bearsystems@yahoo.com> > To: Robert Carman<mailto:sixgran@msn.com> > Sent: Saturday, May 14, 2011 10:53 AM > Subject: Re: Civil War POW > > > Sorry, I do not have a clue on what you should do.. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Mike Szyszka > BearSystems.com (It's about the Hudson Valley)<http://bearsystems.com/> > Ask me about advertising on BearSystems.com > > > Follow BearSystems on Twitter<http://twitter.com/#!/BearSystems> > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > We make it happen, Advertising, Web Sites, SEO, Marketing, Web Analytics, > Social Media Package > Bear Systems Publishing. LLC<http://bearsystemspublishingllc.com/> > PO Box 1427 > Woodstock, NY 12498 > (845) 853-9962 > > > Please consider the environment before printing this email. > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > From: Robert Carman <sixgran@msn.com> > To: bearsystems@yahoo.com > Sent: Fri, May 13, 2011 1:27:53 PM > Subject: Civil War POW > > > With the 150th anniversary of the beginning of the civil war I would like > to put to rest the recognition of my Great Great Uncle, William > Vincent Carman of New Baltimore, Greene County, N.Y. > It seems that there is no record of his serving in the Army during the war > in the N.Y. State or Greene County Records. > He enlisted in the N.Y. 2nd. Mounted Rifles in Dec. of 1863 and was > captured in the battle of Cold Harbor, Virginia in June 1864. He was > interred in Andersonville, Prison , Georgia and died there in Sept. 1864. > I have the complete service record from the National Archives and although > he enlisted in Buffalo, N.Y. his home of record was New Baltimore. > He is buried in Grave # 9420 in Andersonville. > He had a Will prepared in 1860 but it was never probated until 1881 as > evidently no one knew where he was. > He had been married before his service but his wife died in 1860. She is > buried in the Rensselaerville Cemetery in Rensselaerville, N.Y. > where his wife was from.He had requested in his will that he be buried > alongside his wife when he died and even described what was > to be inscribed on his grave stone. Of course that never happened. > I have tried unsuccessfully to get Mrs. Sylvia Hasenkopf who is a > Genealogist and the local Historian to include him (William Vincent > Carman) > on the roles of those who served during the civil war but she was > reluctant to do this. > As a retired military person myself I put great importance in matters such > as this. > I do not know if this is in your purview but perhaps you can point me in > the right direction. > > Respectfully > > Robert W. Carman USN, Ret. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYGREENE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message