Thanks, Mad4, I will know after I hear back from my neice. I spoke to my dad this morning and he reminded me that Abram was "highly irregular" and acted as a scout most of the time.

He also told me, before I was born, they had a set of books on the Civil War which had a picture of him...in a Union cap! I suppose he'd picked it up the same way as the gun. Sadly, I never saw the books and dad doesn't remember the name of them. I do have a picture of him, though, with his daughter and her husband, my great-grandparents, and my granddad when he was just a little boy, in front of the original log cabin homestead.

Does your program have a roster for War of 1812? I am planning to write to the Natl. Archives on that one, but was just wondering. Abram's father, also named Abram, was supposed to be a veteran of that war according to a published bio of my great-granddad.

This is a fun thread. Thanks everyone for participating. It's just great!

kat