Hope you had a good Easter, Ours was wonderful. A house full. I have not been able get in touch with my cousin for some years. Samuel died in 1934 and my mother was born in 1899 and she said at Picnic and get together he would talk about his experiences he and his cousin Henry Whetstone had. Would it be of any help if I sent varies ways I've seen his name spelled? Thank You Frank On Sat, 7 Apr 2007 21:34:09 -0400 "Cindy Harber" <clharber@adelphia.net> writes: > According to Ancestry.com Civil War Pension Index.....there is a S. > L. > Wilges with Co. 27 N.G. (Ross Co. Mail) I cannot make out the date. > > Application No. 1404294 OH. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mitchellworks" <jmitchjr@horizonview.net> > To: <ohross@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, April 07, 2007 8:54 PM > Subject: Re: [OHROSS] Civil War > > > > Frank, > > > > Did your cousin look at microfilm? I have the 1889 set of The > Official > > Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio in the War of the > Rebellion > > 1851-1865 . The lists of soldier's names from each company are in > > > alphabetical order with the exception of the officers. Those are > listed > > first according to rank. I looked again at each company, and the > officers > > as well, and did not see any name close to your Samuel's. I also > checked > > my CD ROM which lists all soldiers from every state, but the only > Samuel > > Wilgus I found was in the 10th PA. He enlisted early (1861). > > I wonder if your Samuel reenlisted, would he still have had to > have been > > mustered out with the 149th first? Perhaps someone else might > know the > > answer to this. > > > > I did read that the 149th was composed of the 27th Ohio National > Guard > > from Ross County and the 55th Battalion from Clinton County. The > Regiment > > was organized at Camp Denison from the 8th-11th of May, 1864, to > serve 100 > > days. The Regiment was mustered out 30 Aug., 1864. > > > > Sorry I couldn't be of more help. > > > > Lynn > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Frank and Linda Conner > > To: ohross@rootsweb.com > > Sent: Saturday, April 07, 2007 9:05 AM > > Subject: [OHROSS] Civil War > > > > > > A cousin that looked at the roster said that W's were out > > of alphabetical did you se anything like that? > > His application for pension is very very hard to read. > > one part I could read was that he was in Ross Co. 27th > > National Guard and was taken into the 149 th OVI > > > > Thank you for you time Lynn > > Frank Conner > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > OHROSS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes > > in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > OHROSS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >