My site is to help you find your ancestor and any information I can on him or her and to give you as many resources as I can to batter you research on your ancestor. This is a index page ( Now hold on, don’t leave just yet.) this page may be a grate help in finding information on your ancestor. Below you will find many titles and examples on the resources I have available to me.
It should be noted that any name found within these listing will have additional research done on them.
Important Note. This index is only for ( Officers ) that served in the regular & Volunteer Armies.
Note. After finding a listing you find interesting and would like a name search please give the ( title of this page ) and the name, no other information is need unless you wish to add it. My mailing address can be found in my profile.
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Regular & Volunteer Army, Offices OF 1789-1903.
Have you ever heard a family story that you had a ancestor in a war, and that he was a officer in the United States Regular Army, and that he was killed, wounded or maybe taken prisoner, but you couldn’t find out will now you can.
It’s now possible for me to look up all (Officers ) of the United States Regular & Volunteer Army. The information well be; Rank, Regiment, Date of being wounded or killed and place, and if he was taken prisoner. In some cases I can tell you if he died from his wounds. Here are two example on what information you will receive.
1. John T. Arrosmith, Captain, 6th., infantry, May 27, 1813, Fort George wounded.
2. Justus A. Boies, First Lieutenant, 13th., infantry, May19, 1863, Vicksburg Mississippi, wounded, later to died from his wounds.
Officers of The United States Volunteer Army, War with Mexico 1846-1848.
If you heard that a family member was a officer and , in the war with Mexico, but you couldn’t find out now you can. I have all the listing of the officers of this war. Here are two example on what information you will receive.
1. Samuel Aansorgh, First Lieutenant Missouri mounted Volunteers.
2. William H. Causin, Second Lieutenant Arkansas Volunteers.
Field officers of the Volunteers & Militia Armies of the Civil War.
Not all field officer of the civil war were of the regular army, so if you had a ancestor in the volunteer or militia ranks of the civil war it is now possible to look him up, Here are two example on what information you will receive.
1. Charles H. Abbott, Colonel, 30th., Iowa infantry.
2. William Bailey, Colonel, 12th., Missouri, Enrolled Militia.
GENERAL OFFICERS OF THE UNITED STATES AND CONFEDERATE ARMIES KILLED OR DIED OF WOUNDS RECEIVED IN ACTION DURING THE WAR OF THE REBELLION BETWEEN APRIL 15, 1861, AND JUNE 1, 1865.
There were many officers from both sides that were either wounded or killed in the civil war, now is you chance to find him. Here are two example on what information you will receive.
1. Edward D. Baker, U. S., Major General, Killed October 24, 1861, at Ball’s Bluff, Va.
2. Victor J. B. Girardey, C. S. A., Brig. General, Killed August 16, 1864 at Deep Bottom Va.
GENERAL OFFICERS OF THE CONFEDERATE ARMY, 1861-1865.
Not only does his give his mane but it tells if he had been a former U. S. officer. Here are two examples on the information you will receive.
1. Matthew C. Butler, Major General.
2. William N. Pendleton, Major General, former U. S. officer.
OFFICERS OF VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATIONS IN SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES DURING THE WAR WITH SPAIN AND THE INSURRECTION IN THE PHILIPPINES, WITH HIGHEST RANK ATTAINED, APRIL 21, 1898, TO 1903.
Here are two examples on the information you will receive.
1. Alfred H. Able, First Lieutenant, 71st., New York infantry.
2. Arthur J., Cadden, Second Lieutenant, 22nd., Kansas, infantry and First Lieutenant 44th., U. S. infantry.
ACTING ASSISTANT OR CONTRACT SURGEONS, U. S. ARMY, IN SERVICE AT ANY TIME BETWEEN APRIL 17, 1898, AND JANUARY 1, 1903.
Although this is just a list of names it may be important for you to know if he fell within these ranks.
DATES OF CERTAIN WARS, CAMPAIGNS, EXPEDITIONS, EVENTS, ETC,
Now this information may be helpful to those researching a ancestor and needs to know when it started and ended and the name of the event.
ALPHABETICAL LIST OF BATTLES, ACTIONS, COMBATS, SKIRMISHES, MILITARY EVENTS, ETC,, APRIL 19, 1775, TO JULY 1, 1902.
It’s always important to know if your researching military or family reasons it’s always good to know the real names of the event and the date it started. This list will help you find out.
ALPHABETICAL LIST OF ENGAGEMENTS, ACTIONS, ETC., IN THE PHILIPPINES, 1898 TO JULY 4, 1902.
This information will be the name of the event and the year and date it started.
CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF BATTLES, ACTIONS, ETC., 1775-1903.
How many time have you look for a battle your ancestor was in but you couldn’t find any information on it and begin to wonder if there even was such a battle, will this will give you the names under which the battle was known and the regiments and companies that were in the action plush the year and date.
LIST OF FORTS, BATTERIES, NAMED CAMPS, REDOUBTS, RESERVATIONS, GENERAL HOSPITALS, NATIONAL CEMETERIES, ETC,, ESTABLISHED OR ERECTED IN THE UNITED STATES FROM ITS EARLIEST SETTLEMENT TO DATE.
Now here is a interesting list you can find the name and the name it was or changed to and where it was, most helpful if you need to place or find a ancestor at a certain time and place in history.
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