Posted by kelly smith
on 9/15/2009, 11:36 pm, in reply to "Looking for gggrandfather who may of been in the civil war"
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: I am trying to find out if my great great
: grandfather Aaron Lake was in the colored
: regiment of the civil war, He was of Indian
: heritage and from what I understand at that
: time all people with color to their skin
: were considered colored, if they were not of
: the white race....how would I find out if he
: was among the colored soldiers who fought in
: this war. I know in 1893 he lived in
: Lambertville NJ, when he and his wife gave
: birth to my great grandmother Sadie
: Lake.....any info would be most helpful and
: appreciated.
:
THERE IS A SITE ONLINE - FREE - TO SEARCH FOR CIVIL WAR VETERANS - THEY ARE TRYING TO LOCATE ALL - BOTH SIDES AND PRESERVE THEIR FINAL RESTING PLACE - LOOK UP CIVIL WAR VETERANS... CONTACT ME IF YOU DON'T FIND IT ONLINE AND i WILL SEE IF I CAN FIND THE SITE AGAIN FOR YOU.
ps MY CIVIL WAR VET WAS FROM vERMONT BUT MIGRATED TO IOWA AFTER THE WAS WITH THE LANDGRANT GIVEN TO SOLDIERS FOR SERVING IN THE WAR.
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