Chuck I understand what your saying But if that were so why would he have had to apply again and he would have to been a Citizen to join the war and he wasn't till 1863 I was thinking that maybe in 1860 he didn't have his 5 years in the USA, if it was still law in PA that he had to be here 5 years before he could file intention to become a citizen I'm just digging Nancy -------Original Message------- From: PA-YORK-GEN-L@rootsweb.com Date: 08/23/04 22:01:55 To: PA-YORK-GEN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [PAYorkGEN] Intention just a guess....to become a citizen to enable him to join the military for the civil war. chuck