In trying to find some (any!) of my relatives on this database - it looks like they're all Union soldiers??? Does anyone know if they have a similar site for the CSA? Regards, Carolyn Carter Johnson (mailto:rhunterg@ix.netcom.com) Billye D. Jackson wrote: > > This was sent in by Beatrice Forman from a mail list. Thanks, Beatrice. > bj > > MHI Photograph Database > > This site was created by the U.S. Army Military History Institute and it > is a searchable database of their Special Collections. Using > this database you can see if a photograph exists of your Civil War > ancestor. Just enter the surname you're searching and the results page > will give any photos of any soldier with that surname, along with (if > known) his regiment. Next, you can send an e-mail with the > photo ID's that you're interested in. The Army will then send you (for > free) a photocopy of the picture, along with instructions on ordering a > duplicate photo. > > An 8x10 photo costs $10.00. No more then ten photos will be produced > for any one customer per year. > > http://carlisle-www.army.mil/usamhi/PhotoDB.html > > This database is a catalog of American Civil War (ACW) photographs from > the Special Collections Branch of MHI. Usually, patrons > are searching for ancestors, researching particular ACW regiments, or > looking for examples of items worn or used by soldiers of the > period. Ultimately, this database will reflect the full range of MHI's > photographic collection, ranging from the periods of the Mexican > War in the 1840s to recent operations such as those in Somalia and > Bosnia. As our digitization efforts expand, we hope to provide > links to scanned images through this database. > > ==== TXVICTOR Mailing List ==== > Hurry, Hurry, Hurry! FREE OFFER. Get your family into Print, > Permanently! IT'S NOT TOO LATE!! You may still submit your articles > to Doris Obsta, <bobsta@viptx.net> to be included in the VICTORIA COUNTY > HISTORY book. The deadline has been extended indefinitely to gather > more articles. Contact DORIS OBSTA, Project Manager, for complete > information! Hurry, Hurry, Hurry!!