What would a bio consist of? All I really have is the unit they served in. And, who would we send it to? Thanks LaRinda Middleton

LaRinda and anyone else interested: A biography should be just that. It need not deal only with a person's civil war service, although the thrust of our discussion has been on civil war memoirs and information. I've picked up several "stories" about relatives during the Civil War period. Families tend to pass down humorous events, and traumatic events. They are often colored by the person telling or retelling the story, but there are more than often grains of truth in all of them. I realize that we, at 146 years past the event, do not have living individuals with whom we can discuss the events of the war. Yet there are newspaper articles, letters, diaries, service records and loads of other materials which still survive although their lifespan is shrinking. You might check for pension records on an ancestor's compatriots. Sometimes they can provide detailed information about a unit's activities that would not show up in the service records. Just as an police or private investigator would interview a suspect/subject's neighbors, so should the genealogist. Where your ancestor might not have kept many records (or they might have been destroyed), it is possible that a neighbor may have had a diary or been a voluminous letter writer and kept track of all the neighbors. Sometimes a "nosy neighbor" isn't a bad thing! (and some of the diary entries and tidbits in letters can be real eye-openers!!!) Who would you send it to? Well you can send it to me if you want it posted to the Wayne County, TN Genealogy and History Page. Or perhaps Jerry would be open to having them posted to the list - I cannot answer for him on that. But if you want me to post it to the web page, send it to Edgar D. Byler, III at [email protected] You might also consider sending it for publication in the "Wayne County Historian" and you can do that by sending the biography to Allen Berry at [email protected] I'm sure Allen would be interested in using the biographies. If no one has any objections, I'll forward a copy of all bios I receive to Allen. Edgar ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, August 10, 2002 8:24 AM Subject: [TNWAYNE] Confederate soldier bio's > What would a bio consist of? All I really have is the unit they served in. > And, who would we send it to? > Thanks > LaRinda Middleton > > > ==== TNWAYNE Mailing List ==== > Visit the Wayne County, Tennessee Genealogy and History Page at > http://www.netease.net/wayne > > >

Good evening, all. I have not yet provided an introduction of myself as of yet, however this can be attributed to myself not having direct relatives from Wayne County. But, me wife does! I am the Commander of the Sons of Confederate Veterans Camp in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee and have a great deal of interest in the veterans and history of the Civil War. Although I do have a greater interest in the aspects of what is considered to be "Southern" or Confederate history, I cannot deny interest for Federal veterans. I would be more than willing to help in what small way I can in the form of research. Normally, I travel to the Tennessee State Library and Archives about twice a month to pull service records for those who are interested in joining the Sons of Confederate Veterans. I also work at the International Headquarters of the SCV in Columbia, Tennessee, which houses its own library, albeit small, and has many publications of interest- especially for those soldiers who fought with units from states OTHER than Tennessee. There are complete regimental histories of Virginia, North Carolina, and Florida; a majority of records on Georgia units, as well. One source I highly recommend checking is the early Confederate Veterans magazine which began in the mid-1890s. This is a terrific source because the magazine, just as it is today, was compiled of information submitted by subscribers to the publisher. Many references are made to different events, specific peoples, etc. This was a magazine that was sent to members of the SCV predecessor, the United Confederate Veterans which was an organization similar to that of the VFW. When a veteran passed away, many times an obituary was submitted to the CV magazine. It is a highly overlooked piece of information- especially the many pictures that were published along with the articles. If I may be of service to anyone in their research of veterans for this project, or if you even want information on the Sons of Confederate Veterans, please feel free to call on me. Respectfully, Jason Goodrich, Commander Col. George H. Nixon Camp #214 Lawrenceburg, Tennessee -----Original Message----- From: Edgar D. Byler, III [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, August 10, 2002 6:07 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [TNWAYNE] Confederate soldier bio's LaRinda and anyone else interested: A biography should be just that. It need not deal only with a person's civil war service, although the thrust of our discussion has been on civil war memoirs and information. I've picked up several "stories" about relatives during the Civil War period. Families tend to pass down humorous events, and traumatic events. They are often colored by the person telling or retelling the story, but there are more than often grains of truth in all of them. I realize that we, at 146 years past the event, do not have living individuals with whom we can discuss the events of the war. Yet there are newspaper articles, letters, diaries, service records and loads of other materials which still survive although their lifespan is shrinking. You might check for pension records on an ancestor's compatriots. Sometimes they can provide detailed information about a unit's activities that would not show up in the service records. Just as an police or private investigator would interview a suspect/subject's neighbors, so should the genealogist. Where your ancestor might not have kept many records (or they might have been destroyed), it is possible that a neighbor may have had a diary or been a voluminous letter writer and kept track of all the neighbors. Sometimes a "nosy neighbor" isn't a bad thing! (and some of the diary entries and tidbits in letters can be real eye-openers!!!) Who would you send it to? Well you can send it to me if you want it posted to the Wayne County, TN Genealogy and History Page. Or perhaps Jerry would be open to having them posted to the list - I cannot answer for him on that. But if you want me to post it to the web page, send it to Edgar D. Byler, III at [email protected] You might also consider sending it for publication in the "Wayne County Historian" and you can do that by sending the biography to Allen Berry at [email protected] I'm sure Allen would be interested in using the biographies. If no one has any objections, I'll forward a copy of all bios I receive to Allen. Edgar ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, August 10, 2002 8:24 AM Subject: [TNWAYNE] Confederate soldier bio's > What would a bio consist of? All I really have is the unit they served in. > And, who would we send it to? > Thanks > LaRinda Middleton > > > ==== TNWAYNE Mailing List ==== > Visit the Wayne County, Tennessee Genealogy and History Page at > http://www.netease.net/wayne > > > ==== TNWAYNE Mailing List ==== Visit the Wayne County, Tennessee Genealogy and History Page at http://www.netease.net/wayne --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.380 / Virus Database: 213 - Release Date: 7/24/2002 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.380 / Virus Database: 213 - Release Date: 7/24/2002