Last night, I found four more uncles with Civil War service records, which brings my total to 85 uncles and grandfathers who served in some capacity during the Civil War. They are:
Benjamin Holmes - Served in the 10th Arkansas Cavalry - He was the son of William N. Holmes and Sally Donelson. He was the brother of my 4th great grandfather, Absalom "Asa" Holmes.
*Welcome Holmes - Served in Company H of the 15th Arkansas Militia - He was the son of William N. Holmes and Sally Donelson. He was the brother of my 4th great grandfather, Absalom "Asa" Holmes.
John Moose - Served in North Carolina 4th Senior Reserves - He was the son of Jacob Moose Jr. and Barbary Barnhardt, and the brother of my 4th great grandfather, Levi Lawson Moose.
Jacob W Moose - Served in North Carolina 57th Infantry - He was the son of Jacob Moose Jr. and Barbary Barnhardt, and the brother of my 4th great grandfather, Levi Lawson Moose.
*The reason this one is so interesting is because I already had 1 grandfather and 3 uncles who served in Company H of the 15th Arkansas Militia (Stephen C. and William R. Vaughan and Archibald D. and Isaac C. Napier). The 15th militia was made up of all men from Pope County, Arkansas, with each company formed by the different parts of the county in which the men lived. It turns out Welcome Holmes (list as "Wm." in his service record, which has been understandably mistakenly transcribed as William) is just a couple of pages away from Stephen C. Vaughan in the 1860 Census.
Why is this is so cool? Because 95 years after this Census was taken in Pope County, Arkansas, the great grandson of Stephen C. Vaughan, Donald Gene Vaughan, and the 3rd great niece of William Holmes, Roberta Moose, were married in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1955. They were my grandparents. Small world, eh?
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