FootNote
The new kid on the block, FootNote is known for digitizing historical
documents... many of which are genealogical gems. With naturalizations,
city directories, war records, newspapers, town records, etc... this new
kid is quickly being recognized as an alternative to Ancestry.
While we know our northern friends may not feel it, in the South, Spring is
here. So we thought we'd share a few of our gardening sites appropriate
for this time of the year. Along with gardening, there's grilling, and getting
ready to diet so that you can fit back into that bathing suit this summer!
Record of the Officers and Men of New Jersey
in the Civil War, 1861-1865
This new digital version of Stryker's classic work, presented by the
New Jersey State Library, is completely searchable utilizing full Boolean
logic. See the search tips and database description pages for more
information.
The Record is arranged by regiments in numerical order. Each regiment's
chapter gives a brief summary of its actions followed by a roster of its
members which provides rank, date commissioned or enrolled, date mustered
in, length of enlistment, date mustered out, and provides other
information including promotions, transfers, wounds, deaths and
desertions.
The New Jersey regiments are listed first followed by "Miscellaneous
Organizations," which are regiments from other states--mostly from
Pennsylvania. It also includes the Veteran Reserve Corps, the United
States Colored Troops, and the U.S. Army and Navy regulars.
An interesting mystery about this publication is its title as listed on
the title page: Record of Officers and Men of New Jersey in the Civil War,
1861-1865 (emphasis added) because 1876 seems very early to be referring
to this as the Civil War (though some in the north always referred to the
war as the Civil War). Indeed, the actual page headers in the paper
version (the only thing omitted in this digital version) say Officers and
Men of New Jersey in the War of the Rebellion (emphasis added). The NJ
State Archives and the NJ Dept of Military and Veterans Affairs have not
been able to shed any light on this.
