What an exciting discovery that was made with the small piece of paper with your grandmother Ora Louisa (née Lewis) Anderson's writing -
Transcribing the note:
Front -
67th Regiment
Talbot Turner
Sergeant, Company "A"
of the 67th Regiment of
U.S. Ifantry Corps
1864 was made Sergeant
J.B. Nickerson
Adjutant of the regiment
A.J. Edjerton
Colonel
Commander of the Regiment
Discharged 1865
Glasgow, Mo.
Back -
Grandpa Turner
My mother's
father
And then the wheel's started turning.
So many wheels and cogs that I thought that this search could expand over a series of Blog postings.
First hit from Footnote.com - Civil War and Later Veterans Pension Index contributed by The National Archives.
The 1891 Sept. 28 card provides an additional bit of information to grandmother Ora Louisa's note. The card notes "Co. F, 65 Reg't US. C. Inf." in addition to the "A. 67 US. C-Inf."
The next successful hit -
It's two years earlier: 1889 Sept. 28, and the Company information "Co. A, 67 Reg't US. C. Inf." and Additional Services "F 65, US. C Inf" is reversed as compared to the 1891 card.
My immediate question refers to both cards. On both cards "Late rank" is entered as "P". What does the "P" rank represent? Obviously my first thought is "Private"... and of course this is not in line of thought with the great-great-grandfather Talbot's rank of "Sergeant" as noted by your grandmother.
Finding relevant data at Ancestry.com, which in turn is corresponding to the information included in the African Civil War Memorial, the Rank highlighted for great-great-grandfather Talbot Turner is "Sergeant". So the question is what does the "Late rank P" stand for on the 1889 and 1891 cards?
To be continued,
Enjoy.
Jim
First hit from Footnote.com - Civil War and Later Veterans Pension Index contributed by The National Archives.
The 1891 Sept. 28 card provides an additional bit of information to grandmother Ora Louisa's note. The card notes "Co. F, 65 Reg't US. C. Inf." in addition to the "A. 67 US. C-Inf."
The next successful hit -
It's two years earlier: 1889 Sept. 28, and the Company information "Co. A, 67 Reg't US. C. Inf." and Additional Services "F 65, US. C Inf" is reversed as compared to the 1891 card.
My immediate question refers to both cards. On both cards "Late rank" is entered as "P". What does the "P" rank represent? Obviously my first thought is "Private"... and of course this is not in line of thought with the great-great-grandfather Talbot's rank of "Sergeant" as noted by your grandmother.
Finding relevant data at Ancestry.com, which in turn is corresponding to the information included in the African Civil War Memorial, the Rank highlighted for great-great-grandfather Talbot Turner is "Sergeant". So the question is what does the "Late rank P" stand for on the 1889 and 1891 cards?
To be continued,
Enjoy.
Jim
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