Military about any ancestor. May be separated later.
COLLINS Isaac M. (Milton) 23RD MISSOURI VOLUNTEER INFANTRY Company B Rank on entering service: Pvt Rank on leaving service: Pvt Born 1840 in Grundy County, Missouri Married Mary Ann Kelly in Grundy County, Missouri Isaac M. Collins filed for a disability pension in 1896 (date may be inaccurate) Application states
Why post this list? Because many genealogists do not know of all the “wars” which might have affected their ancestors. I certainly don’t — do you? For example, if you had ancestors in Florida in 1739-1742, they might have been affected by the “Jenkin’s Ear War”. No—that’s not a typo.
“It appears we have appointed our worst generals to command forces, and our most gifted and brilliant to edit newspapers! In fact, I discovered by reading newspapers that these editor/geniuses plainly saw all my strategic defects from the start, yet failed to inform me until it was too late. Accordingly,
The links provided may not be to the best resource; however, they show the variety of information on the Internet available via search. Update to column data occurs as links are found. You should do further searches, especially if an ancestor was involved in that ‘war’. If you have a