'Hidden' military records

[khalleron]

Going through the military records for my gg-grandfather's company, I wondered why only a few people had descriptive cards and no one had any hospital records.

Well, yesterday, I found them! For some reason the NARA had them all under 'Miscellaneous' rather as part of the soldiers' military records.

So I highly recommend, even if you've looked at your ancestors' military records, that you go to Footnote.com and check under the 'Miscellaneous' files. It was a treasure trove for me.

Funny, but my gg-grandfather seems to have shrunk 3 inches between his Confederate and his Union service. :laugh1:

 

[M E Wolf]

Khalleron,

Perhaps carrying too much stuff in his knapsack and by time he joined the Union he was 3 inches shorter.

Might have had a layer of mud or stuff on his boots when they measured him in the Confederate Army...the measuring stick was missing three inches...never know

M. E. Wolf

 

[khalleron]

Khalleron,

Perhaps carrying too much stuff in his knapsack and by time he joined the Union he was 3 inches shorter.

Might have had a layer of mud or stuff on his boots when they measured him in the Confederate Army...the measuring stick was missing three inches...never know

M. E. Wolf

That might explain the shortening, but he was also 10 years younger when he joined the Union Army than when he left the Confederacy.

That was one pliable soldier.