Jinks For some reason I hung onto your email to the list. I guess the names interested me. Anyway .... I found Amster B PATE in the American Civil War Soldiers data base on ancestry.com. It says he was in the 131st Infantry Regiment Illinois, Company E. He enlisted on 13 Nov 1862. But what was interesting was that it says he Resigned on 3 Mar 1863. Since you were not sure whether he survived the war, at least he did survive and resigned. It doesn't say whether he was injured, but I am not sure it would have said he resigned if that were the case. Just in case you had not found this piece of info. :-) Carol