This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.wisconsin.counties.walworth/122.136.3.1.1.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: After I read my last e-mail, I realized a little more explanation was necessary regarding the difficulty of finding military information for Henry H. McGill. A book, long out of print, "Wisconsin Volunteers in the War of the Rebellion, published by the state of Wisconsin in 1914 and complied by the Office of the Adjutant General of the State of Wisconsin during the period of 1895 to 1899 is a list of the thousands from Wisconsin who served. The book is very thick and as far as I know, is not available via the internet. Anyhow, that book does not list Henry McGill. But that doesn't mean he didn't serve. I did a lot of searching for a distant relative who did serve in the Civil War - his direct descendants were very confident that he had. But, he wasn't listed in that book, either. I also checked another old book "Wisconsin in the War of the Rebellion- A History of all Regiments & Batteries" by William Deloss Love, published in 1866. Henry McGill isn't listed in there, either (and neither was my distant relative) I suspect there are quite a few soldiers who did not get into the books. If any enlistment and/or service records were misplaced, destroyed or lost, those were probably never identified. But, the National Archives does list Henry H. McGill as a member of F Company, 4th Wisconsin, and that is a pretty reliable source.

How are these wonderful messages getting through? I can't get mine to post to the person who needs to see them. They come bouncing back to me at gc-gateway and I have no idea where they go on rootsweb, but they don't show up on the person's section who is searching. Frustrating!!!!! Shirley ----- Original Message ----- From: <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> To: <WIWALWOR-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2007 10:28 AM Subject: Re: [WIWALWOR] Elizabeth Schaub > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: > Classification: queries > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.wisconsin.counties.walworth/122.136.3.1.1.2/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > After I read my last e-mail, I realized a little more explanation was necessary regarding the difficulty of finding military information for Henry H. McGill. > > A book, long out of print, "Wisconsin Volunteers in the War of the Rebellion, published by the state of Wisconsin in 1914 and complied by the Office of the Adjutant General of the State of Wisconsin during the period of 1895 to 1899 is a list of the thousands from Wisconsin who served. The book is very thick and as far as I know, is not available via the internet. > > Anyhow, that book does not list Henry McGill. But that doesn't mean he didn't serve. I did a lot of searching for a distant relative who did serve in the Civil War - his direct descendants were very confident that he had. But, he wasn't listed in that book, either. > > I also checked another old book "Wisconsin in the War of the Rebellion- A History of all Regiments & Batteries" by William Deloss Love, published in 1866. Henry McGill isn't listed in there, either (and neither was my distant relative) > > I suspect there are quite a few soldiers who did not get into the books. If any enlistment and/or service records were misplaced, destroyed or lost, those were probably never identified. > > But, the National Archives does list Henry H. McGill as a member of F Company, 4th Wisconsin, and that is a pretty reliable source. > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WIWALWOR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >