I hope someone can be more helpful than I. However, my experience in finding that my great-great-grandfather had been in the Civil War is that it was strictly accidental. No family stories, no marker in the cemetery when I finally found where he was buried. (Buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Southgate, KY) He enlisted in 1861 in Hamilton County, was sent to Camp Dennison and served in the Band with the so called "German" outfit because the enlistees were all German speaking immigrants. He spent most of his time in the service in the hospital in Cincinnati having gotten sick from the poor food and cold wet sleeping conditions in Virginia. (I found this out from the nara records I sent for). So my advice is to look, as suggested below, at the nara.gov site and at the sites on Ancestry.Com that show records. Surely there will be a record somewhere of someone killed in action. Joan in Scottsdale AZ In a message dated 5/27/2005 10:00:42 AM US Mountain Standard Time, OHHAMILT-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: << Would SKS please tell me where I might find a death record for a resident who was KIA in the Civil War and buried in Hamilton County. Thanks. Gene F >> - --------------------------------- Hi Gene, Did you get a reply for this request? Have you checked the www.nara.gov web site for information? I also searched back through the list's archives and found information that many Civil War Burials are at Spring Grove Cemetery and Wesleyan Cemetery. Have you checked their online burial records? The National Park Service also has a web site with information about those who served in the Civil War: http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm I would welcome any other comments from list subscribers who are knowledgable about Civil War history and records, since my memory is a little fuzzy on that topic at the moment. Good Luck! Marilyn