Friday, May 04, 2012

Major George Tudor And His Men Prisoners Of War.

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Major George Tudor, of the 3rd., Pennsylvania Regiment, commanded by Colonel Lambert Cadwallader, was captured at Fort Washington.  At the t...

The Meaning Of The Surname Of Chapin & More.

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push to enlarge. The Chapin name is one of the oldest and best names in France, dating from the Carloving era, going back at lest to the ...
Tuesday, May 01, 2012

Navy Medals of Honor, Civil War

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Here is a list of navy men who received medals of honor, for the part they played in a action.  Many know their ancestor got a medal while i...
Monday, April 30, 2012

Henry Bedinger, Virginia-Rev. War.

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Captain Henry Bedinger, of the Virginia line, entered the service in June, 1775, in Captain Hugh Stephenson's Company of Riflemen, and a...

New Hampshire Revolutionary Men.

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There will not be a lot of information here but what information is here will be inportant to those who are looking into these lines. -----...
Saturday, April 28, 2012

Colonel John B. Wyman.

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There has been a lot written about Colonel John B. Wyman, army career, and they say he was killed at Chickasaw Bayou, but they say noting on...
Friday, April 20, 2012

John C. Hardy, Michigan.

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John C. Hardy, Second Michigan Infantry, Company D. "The Hero of Petersburh Virginia, at Fort Steadman, March 25, 1865." He enl...

Colonel Benjamin J. Sweet.

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Benjamin J. Sweet. Birth: Apr. 24, 1832. Death: Jan. 1, 1874. Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. Served in the Civil War first a...
Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Five Faces Of First Illinois Light Artillery Battery.

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 These men are of Taylor's Battery. If your looking for a ancestor or name of interest I have most of the pictures of this battery...
Sunday, April 15, 2012

George A. "Bud" Frazer.

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George A. "Bud" Frazer, was a Texas sheriff, Bud Frazer, had more trouble with his deputy, Jim Miller, then with criminals.  Born ...

Charles Knower, Missouri.

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Charles Knower. Birth: 1838. Death: Oct. 8, 1878. Wife: Mary Leslie. Note .  Her tomb stone reads Mary Leslie, however there are other rec...
Saturday, April 14, 2012

John W. Huffman

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John W. Huffman, was born in Dearborn County, Indiana, February 24, 1844. he was removed with his parents to Ripley County Indiana, when six...
Friday, April 13, 2012

Joseph W. Garrison, Indiana.

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Joseph W. Garrison, was born January 18, 1838, and died on December 31, 1908, served three years in Company H., Thirty-Seventh Indiana Volun...
Wednesday, April 11, 2012

John Powers, Arkansas.

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John Powers, was doubtles the most popular sheriff the county ever had. He was serving his twelfth year in that capacity when he was fatall...

Johnson County Arkansas, Civil War.

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Johnson County Arkansas . Battle of Oak Hill on Wilson's Creek. On August 10, 1861, the first battle of consequence west of the Mississ...

Hudson Sawyer, Maine.

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First Maine Heavy Artillery. Hudson Sawyer, 21, years, Levant, Mustered in July 28, 1863.  Promoted Sergeant January 14, 1864.  First Lieut...
Monday, April 09, 2012

Adelbert H. Weston.

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Arthur Longman, Michigan.

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Edwin Ruthven Havens.

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Birth: May 25, 1842, Stafford, Genesee County, New York.  Death: 1931, Michigan.  Born at Stafford Genesee County New York, May 25, 1842; E...
Saturday, April 07, 2012

Minnesota First Infantry, Eighteen years Of Age.

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All the men listed on this page are eighteen years of age.  I picked these boys as the were just coming of age to manhood. ----------------...