Below is some information on a new database at
Ancestry.com about civil
war soldiers. At present there are 114 CARNAHANs listed in this database.
http://www.ancestry.com/ancestry/search/cwrd/cwrd_index.htm
It is not hard to find histories of the monumental figures of the Civil War.
Documents and histories abound for Abraham Lincoln and Robert E. Lee.
Records of individual soldiers, however, are not so easy to find. The Civil
War Research Database is a historic effort to compile and link all available
records of common soldiers in the Civil War. Historic Data Systems has
compiled and interlinked a wide array of records including state rosters,
pension records, regimental histories, photos, and journals. The
genealogical value of this record is immeasurable. More than authoritative
names and dates, this database connects researchers with the history their
ancestors lived.
__The database is a work in progress. Considering the scope of its ambition,
the amount of data already available is impressive. The project to date has
digitized, indexed, and interlinked the roster records of 2,100,000 soldiers
(out of approx. 4,000,000 who served), 2,719 regimental chronicles, 1,010
officer profiles, 3,343 battle synopses, and 1,012 soldier photographs. As
the database continues to grow, so will the impact of this unique
genealogical resource.
Copyright 1997, 1998, 1999 - Historical Data Systems Inc.
P.O. Box 196
Kingston, MA 02364
See this page for the listed bibliography.
http://www.ancestry.com/ancestry/search/cwrd/otherfiles/CWRD_db.htm
Phil Carnahan
Ukiah, Ca.