It is good and very interesting I enjoyed reading it Sharon jdynbttn@sgi.net wrote: > "During the summer of 1862 I was working on the farm of Archie Robinson, > located in what is now the upper part of Monaca, Beaver County, Pa. > President Lincoln had called for fifty thousand volunteers, and many of > the boys of my acquaintance had answered the call and were enlisting. One > Harrison Miller, in passing the farm where I was at work, called to me, > "Jake, when are you going to enlist?" ..... > > this is the beginning of the story of a man from Beaver County who enlisted > in the Civil War. read the rest of the story at: > ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/pa/beaver/military/fish0001.txt > Source material is a copy of an original composition of Mr. HENRY N. FISHER > on the war > experiences of his father, a resident of Beaver county, Pennsylvania. > ... in written form, some of the stories of his experiences during > the two years and eight months of his army life as a soldier in the Civil War. > good stuff! > > JoAnn. > > ==== PABEAVER Mailing List ==== > To contact Patti Caldwell, Listmistress, click below: > mailto:impattic@mediaone.net > remember, "Please practice random acts of kindness"........