"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.