Hi, I wish you all would put your source or credentials on your answers to where Berkeley County stood during the Civil War and why the division was where it is and why? It would be very helpful to us in the west who have no idea where the source from this information is coming from. Thank you, Zelma M. Setser

Good point. My main source is Dr. Susan Crites, who is generally considered to be the premier authority on the Civil War in the Shenandoah Valley, and who has written (or is currently writing) a separate book on the soldiers from each county in West Virginia. Berkeley County is one of those that is finished. Her sources are: The Combined Service Records of Civil War soldiers, National Archives, Washington, DC The Military History Institute at the War College in Carlisle, PA The United Daughters of the Confederacy, Richmond, VA The Brockenbrough Library at the Museum of the Confederacy, Richmond, VA The Virginia Historic Society, Richmond, VA Adjutant General records at Charleston, WV and Annapolis, MD Berkeley County birth, death, marriage and court records, military prison and graveyard records Family Bibles and other records in private collections The Berkeley County Historic Society ----- Original Message ----- From: Zelma M. Setser To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2003 3:37 PM Subject: [WVBERKEL] Civil War ? Hi, I wish you all would put your source or credentials on your answers to where Berkeley County stood during the Civil War. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.551 / Virus Database: 343 - Release Date: 12/11/03