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0-89587-123-8
$16.95 hardcover
6" x 9"
130 pages black-and-white photographs and illustrations, appendixes,
index
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Tracing Your Civil
War Ancestor is a praiseworthy reference work reflecting a thorough
knowledge of the subject, a lucid guide to the staggering bulk of Civil
War printed material and archival records. This book will stand with the
standard reference works for the conflict. --Charles E. Dornbusch
With this book as a guide and
with a minimum of information, anyone would be able to trace the
military history of his or her Civil War ancestor from mustering in to
mustering out. Written by an experienced historian, genealogist, and
collector, the book has been especially designed for those who are
descendants of Civil War veterans, but it should be of inestimable value
also to historians, genealogists, collectors, antique dealers, and
anyone interested in the lore of the Civil War period.
Information on literally
hundreds of thousands of Civil War soldiers' lives and military
experiences is available to anyone who knows how to extract it from the
millions of state and federal records and the countless books wherein
this information is preserved. Tracing a particular veteran's story is
not necessarily difficult, and anyone should be able to do it, by
following the suggestions in this book.
Descendants of Civil War
veterans can use this book to help trace the military careers of their
forebears, to follow their battles and camp experiences, and to study in
depth the histories of their military units.
Historians and genealogists
may find in it clues to resolve some of the mysteries, or fill in some
of the gaps, in their research.
Collectors of Civil War
relics can turn to it as a guide in tracing names inscribed on weapons
and other military equipment, thus regaining for such items a lost time
and place in history--and perhaps, not incidentally, a greater monetary
value.
Antique dealers should
welcome its aid in establishing a history for inscribed weapons,
photographs, and other items and in locating the most authoritative
sources for the identification of Civil War equipment.
And the interested layman may
well be wary, or he will find himself stimulated to undertake a type of
research he has often thought of but never quite had the know-how to
begin.
about the author
Bertram Groene's hobby is collecting inscribed Civil War weapons and
equipment, especially guns and swords. An uncle gave him his first sword
when he was nine years old, and he has been an avid collector ever
since. He is a graduate of Hillsdale College in Michigan and holds
master's and Ph.D. degrees from Florida State University. Since 1968, he
has served as a professor at Southeastern Louisiana State University
where he specializes in American military history, the Civil War, and
Reconstruction. Groene is also the author of Antebellum Tallahassee:
Memoir of Seaton Fleming: The Florida Troops in the Army of Northern
Virginia, and Pike: A Fortress in the Wetlands.
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