Thanks for your kind words…it’s been a real labor of love. Good luck with yours. I feel your pain. 🙂

I used Bates as the starting point and have been trying to correct things as I find them. However, it is the basis of what will appear, corrected by me along the way.

Bates is a great resource, but as you point out, there are a lot of errors in it, and a TON of incomplete information.

Eric

Congratulations, I look forward to seeing the book. Last year, I set myself a optimistic twenty-year goal to complete a regimental history on the 79th Pennsylvania (the Lancaster County Regiment–one of the units that fought in the West). So, I’m impressed by it taking you “only more than a decade” while working on other quality research projects.

Just out of curiousity–Do you know off the top of your head what degree your roster differs from that in Bates’ History of Pennsylvania Volunteers? Since I’ve found a good number of discrepancies with Bates, I’m trying to get a feel for how accurate it is.

Thank you very much,
Vince

Regards,
Andy

I tend to agree, which is why I agreed to the arrangement.

Eric