Disease More Deadly Than Bullets
Did your soldier ancestor die during the Civil War? If so, it is more likely he died from disease than …
Monthly Archives: February 2012
What Did The Rebel Yell Sound Like?
Ever since the Civil War ended, writers have struggled to adequately describe the Rebel Yell. For the first time at …
Pension files stand in for missing military records
Finding direct evidence of William Billy Poore’s service in the Confederate army proved to be a lot harder than for …
Records on Internet help confirm family lore
The expanding number of records to be found on the Internet is making it easier than ever for family historians …
Muster rolls tell more than military history
Enlistment records and muster rolls can yield a lot of information about our Civil War ancestors. But you often have …
