Members Helping Members!!...

Here's how it works.. If you are trying to get photographs of a gravesite or battlefield, to collect for your Civil War ancestor research and records, then send us a request and we will post it here... Other members seeing your request and being in the near vicinity, and are willing to assist can email you direct (this protects your privacy) and work out the details. We HIGHLY recommend the "Requester" pay for all film costs and any postage involved for a helping member. This is intended to be a "Free" assistance between members (with the exception of defraying film and postage costs). Do unto others as.... you know :-) Keep us posted on how this is working, so we can share them in the "Fireside"!! 
GFS Jim

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From: SusiCP
Subj: Ohio Units in the Civil War
From: wild1cat@worldnet.att.net (Jeffrey Laird)
To: OHBELMON-L@rootsweb.com
I am trying to find out information on Company I of the 173rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry. My gggrandfather Alexander Palmer served. Is there a roster available somewhere or someplace I could get records?

Regards,
Peggy

{{{Susi}}}} Thanks for forwarding this request. We'll see if anyone knows a Website with the Roster list.

Susi - ran across these sites on the Internet. See if they connect you to anything you're looking for....... 170th Regiment Ohio Vol. Inf. hliggett@ald.net 173rd OH,... ...//www.ohiohistory.org/resource/database/civilwar.html 1st Ohio In

From: SusiCP
Forwarded From: "Phil Rhoton" <prhoton@bellsouth.net>
To: KYMONROE-L@rootsweb.com

The link below takes you to the MHI American Civil War searchable databaseof photographs. The photos are not available for download but can be ordered for a reasonable fee. Chris Whitaker sent this link to me and I actually found two photos of relatives who served from Monroe County.

http://carlisle-www.army.mil/usamhi/PhotoDB.html

C. Phillip Rhoton, M.D

{{{{{Susi}}}}} thanks for forwarding this site. It really is a good one and we've shared it before but no harm in sharing it again!!

From: Dvgagel

I saw your request on the CW site. in addition to what was said there, all the Ohio rosters have been published along with a brief history. These are available in most OH libraries. Also you might want to check the county histories for the main counties contributing to the regiment. The histories published in the 1880s often have detailed histories of their local regiments. Also check the county newspapers for the CW time period as they often printed reports re: their regiments in addition to letters "from the boys" at the front. Many Ohio newspapers are on film and can be obtained on interlibrary loan from the OH Historical Society for $3.00/roll. Check OHS website http://www.ohiohistory.org/  for details and a listing of filmed newspapers.

Good luck
Diane Gagel, 1st Vice President
The Ohio Genealogical Society
http://www.ogs.org/

{{{{{Diane}}}}} Thank you for the response, I'm sure the info will help many of our "faithful"



The Following was posted on several Rootsweb mail lists and forwarded to me by Wmdperkins

West Point History of the American Military...

I am posting this to every list that I subscribe in the hopes that someone know of the whereabouts of these volumes.

IF anyone has access to or knows where any of the volumes might be found, PLEASE post a response to your favorite lists. From talking to this individual, they may dwell on the military aspect of the engagements but the individuals involved are discussed in detail.

As best as he could remember, the title is------ "West Point History Series of the American Military" written in volumes separated by the different time periods and engagements. Thanks and thanks for correcting me if you know the exact title of the series.

NOTE: {{{{{{{FAITHFUL}}}}}}} just a few hours after sending out the Weekly Fireside last week, I got a note from Bill saying several of you had answered his request. He thanks you and we thank you!! The "Faithful' comes thru again!! A Note from Bill also "the proper title is "The West Point Military History Series"

from HOST GFS LindaE
OH-MEMORIES-L@nostalgia.rootsweb.com

SLAVE RECORDS

A good site for locating records about slaves is Christine's Genealogy Website, which you'll find at < http://www.ccharity.com/ >

This site includes links to other sites such as the Freedmen's Bureau Online:
< http://freedmensbureau.com/ >

The Freedmen's Bureau was organized after the Civil War in an effort to help the poor classes, both black and white, in the South. It offered aid in the form of education, food, financial assistance, and employment for those who qualified.

{{{{{Linda}}}}} Thanks so much for sharing this with us. I took a peek, and for anyone doing research on Black Americans, these sites are definite MUST SEES!!!!

From: QNavyWife

Just thought I would let you all know that I have quite a few rosters for NY regiments and would gladly do lookups! I have the 19th NY Infantry, 3rd NY artillery, 75th NY Infantry, 149th NY infantry, 122nd NY infantry, 157th NY infantry, 117th NY Infantry, the 20th NY (the United Turner Rifles), the 185th NY Infantry, parts of the 1st NY Light artillery, 15th NY Cavalry, 101st NY Infantry, and parts of  the 193rd NY Infantry. I may have missed a regiment or two thou. I also have a new and very incomplete webpage for the 20th NY (United Turner Rifles). The link is: 20th New York Infantry, the United Turner Rifles. < http://wometown.aol.com/ny20turners/myhomepage/writing.html > It still needs a lot of work, but I will be working on it a lot the next few months! I am also secretary of the Madison County (NY) Civil War Round Table and in charge of our website....the link to that is: Madison County (NY) Civil War Round Table <http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/qnavywife/myhomepage/ > Ed Note: (this is a membership site)
Thanks!
Robin Moore

{{{{{Robin}}}}} Thanks for forwarding the websites to share and the offer to do the lookups. Who knows you may be just the person one of our "Faithful" is looking for.

From Wmdperkins

AZig100437 writes: << Haven't talked w/sister yet, so I don't have an answer for you now. But I do have a question. I have read & my brother has read that there was a Ruggles from Conn. who in the Civil War, fought for the South. He was in a regiment from New Orleans. He apparently was an artillery officer for Gen. Beauregard (?) and fought at the battle of Shiloh. This was an interesting  bit of info and was just wondering if anyone else had heard of the man. I don't even know if I'm related to him; but I'm very curious about this man and what he might have done after the war. Anybody out there know anything about this man? Any info would be appreciated. >>

Bill's Answer:

Now this is a new one???

He is not shown as an officer.

The only RUGGLES officer (as far as I have determined) who fought against the usurpation of individuals freedoms and the authority of the individual states as set forth in The Constitution was Lt Col Daniel RUGGLES, USA till 1861, CSA 1861-1865. b Barre Mass, grad USMA '33, served with distinction and honor, though not always for the winning side. It is incorrectly reported that he is descended from Brig Gen Timothy but in fact it is Timothy's brother.

He commanded Braggs 1st Div at Shiloh and may have been the last commander to halt his attack against the Federal positions Sunday night.

On Monday, after the Union forces had been reinforced, he personally led numerous counter attacks, once taking up a units Colours himself. He also commanded part of the rear guard forces while the bulk of the CSA retired toward Corinth.

There were a number of RUGGLES' who were officers in the USA and if you look in the texts for the enlisted men you will find a great many who were common soldiers.

Maybe one day I should make a copy from a source and could post them to the list. They are easy to find, most good libraries have a set of the volumes. Be careful, though, reading through them becomes addictive.
Bill

from: Dollydoo1

Thanks for your letters. Is there ever anyone who knows about the war in the South. Like Mississippi for instance! I would like to see if I could find a John White born about 1830 to 1840 born in SC but moved to MS and fought there.

Diane

{{{{{Diane}}}}} I've put your question here for our readers to see. There must be one of the Faithful who may be able to help you!!!!

From: hdempsey@citcom.net

Could I subscribe to your Weekly Fireside? It was forwarded to me and I find it quite interesting as many of my ancestors were in the Civil War.

Thank you.
Joyce

{{{{{Joyce}}}}} We all welcome you aboard!!! We'd like to thank your friend for forwarding our "missive" to you. :-) We're sorry you won't be able to join us in the chat room as only AOL members can get in, but we sure do hope you'll continue to enjoy the Weekly Fireside!!

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