Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield to Present Special Program on Tracing Civil War Ancestors

First posted on 06-30-2008

Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield is pleased to present a program entitled “Tracing Your Civil War Ancestor” on Saturday, July 12, 2008 from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m.

The program is intended for beginning genealogists who are attempting to find relatives who fought for the Union and the Confederacy and tracing their service histories.

Park staff members will instruct those attending the program in the process of locating a Civil War soldier or sailor relative, finding personal information in state and Federal archives centers, and tracing the histories of particular Civil War units and ships. Attendees will also learn more about the unique holdings of the Hulston Library at Wilson’s Creek.

The program is free of charge and will be held in the battlefield library’s multi-purpose room. Registration is not required. To obtain further information, phone the number listed above or e-mail “jeffrey_patrick@nps.gov.”

Administered by the National Park Service, Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield preserves the site of the first major engagement of the Civil War in the West, site where the first Union general was killed in the Civil War and evokes the rural character experienced by the combatants. The site is considered to be one of the best-preserved battlefields in the National Park System. Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield is located 10 miles southwest of Springfield, Missouri, at the intersection of Highway ZZ and Farm Road 182. To receive more information call (417) 732-2662, extension 227