This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: BarbHall48 Surnames: Northrup Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.monroe/12165/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Northrup family researchers: from The Sacrificial Years: A Chronicle of Walt Whitman's Experiences in the Civil War (ISBN 1-56792-079-9) published by David R. Godine (1999) the following: (page 60) "Ward H bed 3, August 29 Willis Northrup (age 19) Co. G, 108th N.Y.--chronic pleuritis, pretty weak, has diarrhea--father Ransom Northrup, Webster, Monroe Co., N.Y.--some brandy." The primary source material for this is the: Civil War manuscript notebooks of Walt Whitman in the Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, Thomas Biggs Harned Walt Whitman Collection. I wanted to share this reference with you. I am not related to this family. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.