Posts about military records research for genealogy, including enlistments, muster rolls, discharges, and oral histories of family members who served.
Is There an Elmer Ellsworth in Your Family Tree?
Then your ancestor was named for Elmer Ellsworth, the first Union officer killed in the Civil War. At the age of 24, Elmer Ephraim Ellsworth died in battle, the first Union soldier killed in [...]