KEY TO SOLDIER DATA TABLE HEADINGS:
·
Name:
Full Soldier Name—last name first for enlisted and first name first for
officers.
Also includes a hyperlink
to wartime image, if available.
·
Rank:
Soldier’s Rank listed for Commissioned (Leiut. through Col.) and
Non-Commissioned Officers (Sergeants, Corporals, and Musicians).
No rank for enlisted soldiers (Privates)
·
Co:
Soldier’s Company
·
Age at
Enlistment:
Age at
Enlistment/Mustering in.
This age
was important in finding grave information to narrow down list of names, or find
soldiers based on other limited information.
·
Complexion
(at enlistment):
Dark, Fair,
Light, Sandy, Florid, Ruddy, and Muddy.
Gives the researcher a sense of skin type.
This information was collected for some companies but not others.
·
Height
(at enlistment):
Soldier Height in
feet and inches at muster-in.
Average height back then was several inches shorter than today’s men.
·
Eyes
(at enlistment):
Soldier eye color
at muster-in.
Black, Dark, Brown,
Blue, Gray, and Hazel. .
Gives the researcher a sense of eye color.
This information was collected for some companies but not others.
·
Hair
(at enlistment): Soldier hair color at muster-in.
Black, Dark, Brown, Light, Sandy, Red, and Auburn.
Gives the researcher a sense of hair color.
This information was collected for some companies but not others.
·
Occupation:
Soldier’s pre-war occupation.
Often this was the post-war occupation too, but not always—an interesting
assortment.
·
Family
from: Based on where the soldier was born or what county the soldier
mustered in from.
Most of the
soldiers were from Washington (A),
Lawrence
(B, E, F, H, I and K), Butler (C),
Beaver
(D), Mercer (G), and Westmoreland (M) counties.
·
Link to
Bio:
Provides a hyperlink to
on-line biographical profile, if available.
·
Migration
Location (1890 census or Other): provides a hyperlink to 1890 census data
tables from website’s ’Migration Page’ indicating where soldier migrated to.
·
Migration
State: Listed separately, this
information is used for tracking and interest to see where soldiers ended up
settling after the war.
·
Birth
Location:
Birth location based
on gravesite or other listed sources.
·
Birth
Date: Birth location based on gravesite or other listed sources.
·
Death
Date:
Death date based on
gravesite or other listed sources.
·
Death
Location:
Death location,
usually but not the same as burial
location.
·
Death
State: death state listed separately—this information listed separately for
tracking and interest to see where soldiers ended up
settling.
·
Link to
Obituary:
Hyperlink to soldier’s
obituary where researched—work in progress.
·
Link to
Grave Photo: Hyperlink to grave photo
where researched—work in progress.
·
Findagrave
#:
www.findagrave.com
grave finding website
which has grown exponentially.
Soldiers that I searched for grave info several years ago and couldn’t find I am
finding again based on recent gravesite postings by others.
The findagrave # is the number that is hyperlinked to the unique page of
that burial information and can have images of individual or gravestone,
genealogy information, or other
information posted by others including obituaries or other documents related to
the soldier.
A fantastic source of
information in and of itself.
·
Post-War
Photo: hyperlink to post war photograph of soldier, where available
·
Letters
and Diaries:
hyperlink to post
war letters and diaries that soldier kept, if available or found.
·
Artifacts:
hyperlink to webpage of soldier artifacts (uniform, equipment, personal effects,
etc.), if available or found.
·
Links to
Other Information:
Links other
interesting items related to the soldier such as newspaper articles, discussion
of soldier in published books (typically 19th century), etc.
· Other Notes: Offers some other information such as promotions, wounding dates/locations, pension information, genealogy information. Much of this information is gathered from American Civil War Research Database (ACWRD). Though the information is mostly accurate, there are instances of incorrect dates—no warranty on information is made by the compiler of the information, David L. Welch, websmith, a descendant of Col. Norman J. Maxwell, last commander of the Roundhead Regiment. Will try and correct any incorrect information based on new sources of information as time permits.