Hi June, ~ John BANNISTER of Brookfield, Orange County, VT, 9th Regiment, Company C; and ~ William BANNISTER of Brookfield, Orange County, VT, 9th Regiment, Company C; are listed in "ROSTER OF VERMONTERS who served in the CIVIL WAR," prepared and republishedunder the direction of Martha T. Rainville, The Adjutant General, Volumes 1 and 2, Camp Johnson, Colchester, Vermont, 1998, page 353. For military engagements of these Union Soliders check out http://www.vermontcivilwar.org I do not know if any of these soldiers are related to your family. Jan <<I descend from this family through Ruth Wright who married Benoni Banister. June JJKALI@aol.com>>