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I've seen several references where my ggg grandfather was in the civil war. I'm trying to find out what side he fought on. I don't know his middle name. He was in Kentucky and he inherited/owned slaves. I've found that doesn't necessarily mean he fought for the confederacy. Someplace I saw a note that a brother fought for the Union, but don't have more info than that.
If I go to the https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers.htm and type in his name and state, I get four hits for the confederacy and five for the union. Is there a way to narrow this down more without requesting all nine records? i know his wife's name, his father's name, and his birth date.
The nps.gov site doesn't have all of the listings that they should have. I've found that a few states, such as Alabama, have their own Civil War soldiers sites, and seem to be more complete.
For Kentucky, you might consider looking at this site regarding Confederate Pensions:
There is also some Civil War era info available through familysearch.org. You could try the index of Civil War solidiers first, but may run into the same issue you did with multiple hits: https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1910717. I'd run a separate search with just his name and his wife's name of all of the collections on that site as well, so you can pull up more identifying info about him.
Union soldiers who were disabled & also Union soldiers' widows were eligible for pensions. You may find info searching his wife's name. Pension cards list the regiment.
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I've seen several references where my ggg grandfather was in the civil war. I'm trying to find out what side he fought on. I don't know his middle name. He was in Kentucky and he inherited/owned slaves. I've found that doesn't necessarily mean he fought for the confederacy. Someplace I saw a note that a brother fought for the Union, but don't have more info than that.
If I go to the https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers.htm and type in his name and state, I get four hits for the confederacy and five for the union. Is there a way to narrow this down more without requesting all nine records? i know his wife's name, his father's name, and his birth date.
If he fought for the union, it was most likely the Army of the Ohio/Army of the Cumberland.
If you have the brother's name, run that to get a regiment. Then check to see if you have a regiment match with the results for your ggg-grandfather's name.
If he fought for the union, it was most likely the Army of the Ohio/Army of the Cumberland.
If you have the brother's name, run that to get a regiment. Then check to see if you have a regiment match with the results for your ggg-grandfather's name.
Sometimes the most obvious is the best. I looked up his brother again. He served in the Union Army was a private in Company K 8th Kentucky Regiment. I searched that with my ancestor's name and have a hit. I still need to prove this is my person, but it's a good guess.
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Sometimes the most obvious is the best. I looked up his brother again. He served in the Union Army was a private in Company K 8th Kentucky Regiment. I searched that with my ancestor's name and have a hit. I still need to prove this is my person, but it's a good guess.
One of my gg-grandmothers had 6 brothers in the Union Army. 3 were in the 30th Indiana (Infantry). That's why I suggested that the brothers might be in the same regiment. That was actually pretty darned normal in that war.
If you're talking the 8th Kentucky (infantry) they were in the Army of the Ohio/Army of the Cumberland & were in the battles that most of my people were in.
If your ancestors & their relatives in the Army of the Cumberland were very good craftsmen, they stood a chance of being assigned to the Pioneer Brigade. pioneer
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That was actually pretty darned normal in that war.
