I'm hoping all you experts out there can instruct me as to researching the civil war records of a newly discovered relative. This is what I have: his name was John F. Thompson, and his obituary states that he served in CO F., 132d Ohio Volunteer Infantry. How do I translate this into regiment, division, battalion, etc? John F Thompson was born August 1 1838 near Harper, and died 21 May 1917 in Bellefontaine. His sister, Jennie Elizabeth, was my grandmother, and since her parents either died before she was 10 or abandoned her, I'm hoping to trace them through brother John's records. Apparently these two Thompsons were somehow related to the Shoots family in Logan Co also. All help appreciated, Marcia Wellman MacMullan