18th Pennsylvania Cavalryman Identified

[Sea Scallop]

Captain Joseph Douglas Ayars Company I 18th Pennsylvania Cavalry. Inscription on the reverse reads "Yours Truely J.D. Ayars Capt. Co. I 18th PA. Cav". It took some effort to identify as he has his last name spelled both as Ayar and Ayer on different documents. It appears he used Ayar in his own hand but misspelled "truly". Anyway I was pleased to be able to identify him and although the CDV is reduced, probably to fit an album at one time, it's still a nice find.

 

[lupaglupa]

Have you looked on Ancestry to see if any of his descendants have trees? I ask because a few years ago out of the blue we were contacted by a woman who had purchased some old photos at an estate sale and figured out that the people in the photos were kin to my husband. She scanned and sent us the photos - which we had never seen before. It was a lovely act of kindness.

 

[UCVRelics]

Great Image and Awesome Job on the ID

 

[Seduzal]

Thanks for sharing this awesome article. You will never know what you will find from this form.

 

[Sea Scallop]

Have you looked on Ancestry to see if any of his descendants have trees? I ask because a few years ago out of the blue we were contacted by a woman who had purchased some old photos at an estate sale and figured out that the people in the photos were kin to my husband. She scanned and sent us the photos - which we had never seen before. It was a lovely act of kindness.

I did add this to Find A Grave

 

[JPK Huson 1863]

Have you looked on Ancestry to see if any of his descendants have trees? I ask because a few years ago out of the blue we were contacted by a woman who had purchased some old photos at an estate sale and figured out that the people in the photos were kin to my husband. She scanned and sent us the photos - which we had never seen before. It was a lovely act of kindness.

Aren't there some wonderful people out there? Had this- grgrgrandmother's brother went to war and no one knew what happened to him, just that he'd died at Goose Creek. A woman saw a soldier's diary in Gettysburg's Special Collections with a hand-drawn map showing where his friend who died on the march was buried, tracked down the name and contacted us. Act of kindness indeed.

18th Pennsylvania Cavalry at Brandy Station, Virginia 1864 | Period Photos & Examinations

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@Sea Scallop , did you see this thread? Who knows, Capt. Ayers could be in the image somewhere!

 

[OParks]

Have you looked on Ancestry to see if any of his descendants have trees? I ask because a few years ago out of the blue we were contacted by a woman who had purchased some old photos at an estate sale and figured out that the people in the photos were kin to my husband. She scanned and sent us the photos - which we had never seen before. It was a lovely act of kindness.

I'm currently trying to contact a probable distant relative on ancestry who likely has pics of one of my CW ancestors. (It appears that he and his wife are on the front of an album.) However, I don't have an account. How do you go about getting in contact with someone on there? Do you just message them and hope for the best? I don't want the physical pics, but it would be awesome to have a digital scan of them.