Re: Possibility???
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Possibility???
Patty Bullion 3/19/06
Patty,
Alabama fielded three regiments for the Spanish American War - the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Alabama regiments. Of these, the 3rd was an African American regiment. None of these three regiments saw service outside of the U.S. Losses in each regiment were fairly light (a total of about 45 men died out of about 3000 men in total from the three regiments).
Of course, he could also have served in the regular army, in the national volunteer regiments (U.S. Volunteers), or in the navy.
We provide some hints for researching vets at http://www.spanamwar.com/geneaol2.htmhttp://www.spanamwar.com/geneaol2.htm but the most obvious thing would be to check for an obituary in the local newspaper in the town in which he was buried as a start.
Patrick McSherry