GDG- research question

[Linda Boyden]

Thanks Alice and Tom on such quick and informative replies.   I sure  
appreciate the help.



Linda



On May 30, 2008, at 6:49 AM, Alice Gayley wrote:

> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
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> Here's a brief, but good history of the 8th Cavalry, the first  
> troop of which was formed on September 21, 1866, and its movements  
> into the western states.
> http://www.first-team.us/journals/8th_rgmt/
>
> Have you obtained his enlistment papers for the Signal Corps and  
> the cavalry from the National Archives and his Compiled Military  
> Service Record for his service with the 1st New Jersey?  These  
> records should indicate where he joined each unit.  With that  
> information, you should be able to determine if they are the same  
> man.  Another source of information about him may be the historic  
> society of his home county.
>
> There's a picture of him here:
>
> http://scard.buffnet.net/gburgsignals/stop01.html
>
> Alice Gayley
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Linda Boyden"  
> <lboyden at charter.net>
> To: <gettysburg at arthes.com>
> Sent: Friday, May 30, 2008 8:27 AM
> Subject: GDG- research question
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>
>> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
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>> Hi, everyone!  I hope this isn't a duplicate posting.  It's taken  
>> me  a couple of tries to get it right, so if this has previously  
>> come  through, my apologies.
>>
>> I am a writer doing research on a No. Paiute woman, Sarah  
>> Winnemucca (app. 1844-1891) whose life was touched in a very small  
>> way but  important way by one Lt. Aaron B. Jerome, Company M, 8th  
>> Calvary.   This Lt. Jerome served at Fort Churchill  and Camp/Fort  
>> McDermit  in  NV. during the late 1860s early '70s under Capt.  
>> Dudley Seward and  Capt. James McElroy.  My quest is to find out  
>> more info about this  man.  So I googled his name and found out  
>> about the Signal Corps Lt.  Aaron B. Jerome who served under Gen.  
>> Buford at Gettysburg.  Would  anyone know if this would be the  
>> same guy?  And if so, how did he get  from the Civil War to No.  
>> NV.?  Any help/guidance would be terrific.
>> many thanks
>> Linda
>>
>>
>> Linda Boyden, author, storyteller, illustrator & poet
>> Member: Wordcraft Circle of Native Writers and Storytellers &  
>> Society  of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators
>> For young readers:
>> Picture books:   "The Blue Roses"  from Lee & Low Books 2002,  
>> winner  New Voices Award, Paterson Prize and Wordcraft Circle's  
>> Book of the  Year, 2003
>>
>> My first illustrated book:   "Powwow's Coming" from the University  
>> of  New Mexico Press, 2007
>>
>> Also for young listeners:
>> "Grammy Linda & Her Magic Window" preschool storytelling DVD, 2006
>> "Stories of the Grandmothers" Native American storytelling CD, 2006
>>
>> For older readers:  poetry books, "WomanSong" & "Cemetery Plots"
>>
>> Visit www.lindaboyden.com
>>
>>
>>
>> Linda Boyden, author, storyteller, illustrator & poet
>> Member: Wordcraft Circle of Native Writers and Storytellers &  
>> Society  of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators
>> For young readers:
>> Picture books:   "The Blue Roses"  from Lee & Low Books 2002,  
>> winner  New Voices Award, Paterson Prize and Wordcraft Circle's  
>> Book of the  Year, 2003
>>
>> My first illustrated book:   "Powwow's Coming" from the University  
>> of  New Mexico Press, 2007
>>
>> Also for young listeners:
>> "Grammy Linda & Her Magic Window" preschool storytelling DVD, 2006
>> "Stories of the Grandmothers" Native American storytelling CD, 2006
>>
>> For older readers:  poetry books, "WomanSong" & "Cemetery Plots"
>>
>> Visit www.lindaboyden.com
>>
>> "Poetry may not change the world, but its lack will."  Carol  
>> Willette Bachofner
>>
>>
>>
>>
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