Hilltowns Civil War Book

From Albany Hilltowns

The year 2011 is the 150th anniversary of the start of the Civil War. Perhaps a hundred or more hilltown men served in the Union Army with a casualty rate of maybe 25%. It had an big impact on the Towns and the families.

The first of of our book series on the history of the Hilltowns and the families that lived there will be on the men from the Hilltowns who served in the war and how the war affected the town and their families. Where possible, family researchers will be asked to write or at least contribute information on their ancestors who served. It will be a written memorial to the service of our hilltown men. There are no Civil War monuments in the hilltowns. This would show that those who served are not forgotten.

We want to collect copies of photos, letters written home from the soldiers, death notices, pension requests, military papers, medals, pictures of tombstones, family stories, etc.

Michael Grant Hait Jr. will serve as the editor for the Civil War book. He lives in the Washington DC and has access to the National Archives. He is currently writing a book on Civil War soldiers. He knows has used an on-demand publisher.

Go to our Civil War pages to see what information we have collected so far. If you have a Hilltown ancestor who served in the Civil War who is not there, then add a biography and sign below.

Family researchers willing to contribute information

Please edit this page to add your name, contact information, and the name of your Civil War ancestor for whom you have written a biography.

• Hal Miller, halned @ gmail (dot) com, Harrison Champenois
• Michael Hait, michael.hait@hotmail.com William Henry Harrison Posson
• Betty Fink Ira Palmer, Joseph McNary
• Carol Clemmens Peleg Reinhart
• Darin Flansburgh Alfred Flansburgh