New facts paint a different picture. He is a Pennsylvania Allison from a town founded by Allisons. He is a cavalry soldier in the civil war for the Union Army. We never thought of him as a soldier. Deserter. Yes, one of the records marks John R. as a deserter. What does this mean?
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| Citation says he joined 22nd Regiment Pennsylvania Cavalry (185th Volunteers) |
Oh no…. now we get to become Civil war experts….
This is an avalanche of information to sort. The Search Sisters are learning that only slightly better than no facts, are a lot of conflicting facts. This genealogy business is complex.
Sources:
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=NPS_civilwarsoldiers&h=1180992&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=1571
Soldier Details - The Civil War (U.S. National Park Service
The national Park Service has a find a soldier that links to records from the National Archive. Simply put your ancestor name in and search. Hint: spell the name many ways.
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