This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: NEELEY, SWEET Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/HBRBAIB/1232.1.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Linda, Both of these Benjamin's would be too old to participate in the Civil War. The first Benjamin was born about 1740 in Frederick County, Virginia, probably near Harper's Ferry. I don't have dates or locations on the second Benjamin but I do know his father Thomas was born about 1762-1763 in Redstone County, Pennsylvania and died between July 11 and August 4, 1828 in Fleming County, Kentucky. Are you sure your Benjamin was in the war? He would have been about 54 when it started. The first place I would look is Rensselaer County. The GenWeb site is at http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyrensse/. Then I'd go after the census records. Good luck, Ray Justus Chandler, Arizona