David Ireland
Corporal
- Joined
- Nov 29, 2017
Previously, I have had the help of many people here in trying to find out more about my great great grandfather, Joseph Winters, of the 56th Penn Infantry. I’ve also had people help find out information about another local union solder, by researching his brother.
I want to try to discover whether a family story is true. Supposedly, Joseph had a brother who was also in the war, but we don’t know his name. Our family story is that he went west after the war and became a degenerate gambler.
Can anyone help me figure out if this is true?
Aside from pure curiosity, the reason that I want to know is because I want to try to figure out why my ancestor was drafted, rather than enlisting. Our story is that he was at Gettysburg and Wilderness, but the records don’t match that as he was drafted in September 1864. If he didn’t enlist under a different name before that, I wonder if it was because he had to stay home to help around the farm, which would make sense if his brother was already in the war.
Can anyone help me figure this out? He was from Tunkhannock PA.
I want to try to discover whether a family story is true. Supposedly, Joseph had a brother who was also in the war, but we don’t know his name. Our family story is that he went west after the war and became a degenerate gambler.
Can anyone help me figure out if this is true?
Aside from pure curiosity, the reason that I want to know is because I want to try to figure out why my ancestor was drafted, rather than enlisting. Our story is that he was at Gettysburg and Wilderness, but the records don’t match that as he was drafted in September 1864. If he didn’t enlist under a different name before that, I wonder if it was because he had to stay home to help around the farm, which would make sense if his brother was already in the war.
Can anyone help me figure this out? He was from Tunkhannock PA.