nc native
First Sergeant
- Joined
- Aug 30, 2011
- Location
- NC Piedmont
I've been working on my own family tree for a while now and I'm giving that
a rest as I now try to work on my wife's ancestry. She is the direct descendant
of a John Swinson who fought with the 55th NC Infantry, Company H. Ancestry
has a record from the NC Regimental Rosters Series showing that he was killed
in the fighting at Spotsylvania on May 5, 1864. When I go to Fold3 to look up
his service records, there is no John Swinson to be found in that regiment. His
brothers Henry and Jesse Swinson are there but there is no reference to John.
I was wondering if some of you genealogy gurus who have access to other records
could help out. The 55th NC Infantry was a hard fighting regiment from what I've
read about them.
a rest as I now try to work on my wife's ancestry. She is the direct descendant
of a John Swinson who fought with the 55th NC Infantry, Company H. Ancestry
has a record from the NC Regimental Rosters Series showing that he was killed
in the fighting at Spotsylvania on May 5, 1864. When I go to Fold3 to look up
his service records, there is no John Swinson to be found in that regiment. His
brothers Henry and Jesse Swinson are there but there is no reference to John.
I was wondering if some of you genealogy gurus who have access to other records
could help out. The 55th NC Infantry was a hard fighting regiment from what I've
read about them.
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