This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Roper Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kgDBAEB/409.5 Message Board Post: You are no doubt probably already aware of James N. ROPER's Civil War service in the Union Army with Company E, 120th Infantry (IL). He entered service as a private on 14 Aug 1862. He is shown to have enlisted in Company E, 120th Infantry (IL) on 29 Oct 1862. He was mustered out of Company E on 10 Sep 1865 at Memphis, TN. You should probably obtain his Pension file as an Invalid 28 Jul 1881? (Application No 424890, Certificate No. 250479) and the Pension of his Widow Mary M. ROPER 08 Oct 1897 (Application No. 663545, Certificate No. 466347). You should VERIFY the numbers given as the handwriting is a little hard to make out on the Index entries.