No he was not to old , it wouldn't be common men of that age, but it wouldn't be impossible either. I have seen men of that age and older on muster rolls. -----Original Message----- From: Dennis Brubaker <dennis@newwave.net> To: WVWBTSVETS-L@rootsweb.com <WVWBTSVETS-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Wednesday, March 31, 1999 6:35 PM Subject: [WVWBTSVETS-L] George W. Brown...too old to serve????? >The West Virginia Civil War Almanac lists a GEORGE W. BROWN as serving in the > 2 WV Cavalry from 9/1/62 - 6/30/65 as a Blacksmith. My George W. Brown >would have been about 48 years old in 1862. > > Is it possible that these are the same person??? Was my George W. Brown >too old to have served?? I don't want to waste the time and money to get >the records if my George was too old. > >Thanks, >Cathy > > >==== WVWBTSVETS Mailing List ==== >%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% >........................WVWBTSVETS MAILING LIST........................ >YA'LL SUPPORT ROOTSWEB NOW! GO ON AND VISIT: http://www.rootsweb.com >%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% > >