It is not well known that between the years of 1835-1846
hundreds of Federal Troops, in the young U.S. Army, were
sent to Buffalo, NY in response to skirmishes along the
border of the Niagara Frontier. A short-lived, but impressive,
military post was established within the city limits.
My gr.-gr-grandfather, Roswell R. Brooks, was one of the
many soldiers who enlisted into the young army at "The Buffalo Barracks".
I have compiled an extensive list of all the soldiers (and Officers)
who served there and extracted their 'descriptive & historical' data
from official Army Registers. All of this information may be viewed
and searched, free of charge, at:
The Buffalo Barracks Historical Web Site
http://www.buffalonet.org/army
It is with great hope that a few Listers will indeed discover that
they have an ancestor who also served there and perhaps be
willing to share any additional information with me. It would be
an honor to include your input in "The Barracks Notebook"
section.
If you are interest in learning about what kind of data can be
obtained from early army records, you owe it to yourself to
visit the web site above.
Good luck,
Col. C.R. Williams