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From: Paul Davenport <>
Subject: Re: [MO-CW] Enlistment Place?
Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 08:57:55 -0800 (PST)
In-Reply-To: <455893E6.7020702@epix.net>


There is a <onlineCivilwarindexs,records&rosters> that
is a great stop to check. I tried to forward it but
it would not. If you can,t get it let Me know and I
will try to forward it again.
They even have a Mo in civil war that fought in Ill.
Paul

--- Peggy Kopp <> wrote:

> -Dear List -
>
> I've been searching without success for a service
> and pension record for
> my gr grandfather, and I'm wondering if someone
> familiar with the Civil
> War enlistment patterns can help me figure out where
> he would have gone
> to enlist.
>
> Charles W. WELLS, 28, a carriage maker, is shown on
> the 1860 Union
> District, Dunklin County, West Prairie P.O., MO
> census which was
> enumerated on June 15, 1860. He and his family
> lived in dwelling 44.
> No monetary value is listed for this dwelling and so
> I'm thinking that
> they were most likely renting it. The value of his
> personal estate was
> shown as $150.
>
> The 1860 census shows him born in OH. He appears to
> have traveled
> extensively--his first child, Dema, was born in MN;
> his second, Edwin,
> was born in IL; and the third, Martha, was born in
> MO.
>
> After this census Charles seems to disappear and his
> wife, Sarah, shows
> up in IL around 1870. He most likely enlisted to
> serve in the Civil War
> but I don't know which side he would have fought for
> or which unit he
> would have joined.
>
> Any help is greatly appreciated.
>
> Peggy Riggs Kopp
>
>
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