Message from LINDA FLUHARTY, Coordinator of the Marshall, Calhoun & Pleasants County WVGenWeb pages, the Wheeling Area Genealogical Society page and the Martins Ferry Ohio Historical Society page. Hello, Everyone: My 1892 book, History of the 12th West Virginia Infantry, 1861-1865, is now online! http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvmarsha/12thcover.htm <A HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvmarsha/12thcover.htm">12th West Virginia Infantry, Civil War</A> The 12th WV INF was formed as follows: Cos. A, B and C, in Marshall; Co. D, in Ohio County; Cos. E and G, in Harrison; Co. P, in Marion; Co. H, in Taylor; Co. I, in Hancock, and Co. K, in Brooke County. This book , compiled by William Hewitt, is presented in its entirety but I plan to expand on it greatly by adding information about each and every soldier in the Regiment...more than 1000 soldiers. Obviously, this will be a long-term project! I am hoping you will contribute information to this online book that is offered FREE. - - You can submit information about your ancestor or relative in the 12th, such as transcribed pension/military records, photos, "Descendants of" genealogy files or biographical information, obits, burial info, photo of tombstone, etc . I will personalize a soldier's page to accomodate the information I receive. ADOPT A SOLDIER - If you want to participate in the project but you don't have a soldier in the 12th, then you can choose one from the roster and get his pension/military file & do some research about him. At present, I have pages started for only a FEW of the soldiers - - You will find their names highlighted in GOLD in the list of soldiers. For some I have only the obit or the location of the grave. But once I have a page made, it will be easy to add whatever I get. If you would like to participate, please contact me.(LCFlu@aol.com) In the time I have been working on this project, I have discovered a number of errors in information that has been memorialized both online and off. In the past 2 days I have found 2 soldiers from the 12th WV Infantry listed as CONFEDERATE - - C.S.A. There was no 12th WV that was Confederate. (The old tombstones are a nightmare to read and hopefully we can set the record straight in honor of these soldiers.) I look forward to hearing from you. Thanks very much! Linda Cunningham Fluharty http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvmarsha/lindapages.htm <A HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvmarsha/lindapages.htm">Linda's Pages</A>