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From: Carol Botteron <>
Subject: [GenTips] Civil War Units File CWUNITS New Version Available
Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 19:14:02 -0400


Version 7.5 of the U.S. Civil War Units File (Sept. 29, 2003) is
available on the web, and we hope that it will soon be available
from the Rootsweb server. (See below for addresses.)

The Civil War Units File (CWUNITS) lists people who have information
on a unit or ship (often rosters, battles, etc.) and are willing to
help others research it. Some are experts; most are "just" helpful
fellow researchers. If you see a listing for a unit you are
interested in, you can send the contact person email and share
information. There are also listings for battles, organizations,
counties, ethnic groups, etc.

The following addresses no longer work and we were unable to find the
people, so their listings have been deleted. If you are one of these
people or know how to contact one, please email me.






CWUNITS is five files (plus one for the intro and one for the FAQ)
as follows:

Part Filename Contents
0 CWUNITS introduction only
1 CWUNITS1 USA national & states A-I
2 CWUNITS2 USA states K-N
3 CWUNITS3 USA states O-W
4 CWUNITS4 CSA national & states A-M
5 CWUNITS5 CSA states N-V
Q FAQ frequently asked questions and answers

Parts 1-5 include the intro as well as the listings. Within a state
the units are organized by number (1st Infantry, etc.).

The Civil War Units File is on the American Civil War Homepage:
http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/warweb.html
under the heading Rosters & Regimental Histories. I don't run this site.

To get the latest version by email:
Send email to
(Upper and lower case count in the email address and everywhere else.)
Subject: archive
Text is:
get genealog.cwunits
get genealog.cwunits1
get genealog.cwunits2
get genealog.cwunitsq
etc.
The period (.) has to be after genealog and before the file name.

To get a listing of all of the ROOTS-L files, send the command
get roots-l.catalog

Another way to obtain files is via anonymous ftp. To do this, ftp to
ftp.rootsweb.com using "anonymous" (withOUT quotes!) as your
username and your net address as your password. Issue the command:

cd /pub/roots-l/genealog/

You may issue a dir command to see a listing of files, use ctrl-s
to temporarily halt the dir command, and ctrl-q to resume the dir
command. The command for retrieving a file via ftp is:

get genealog.filename

substituting, of course, the proper filename for "filename" above.
Notice the PERIOD between "genealog" and the filename.
Then issue a quit command to exit.

If you have a file you would like included in the GENEALOG area, please
send email to the Genealog administrator, Vicki Lindsay Thauvin, at



describing the file. Please do _not_ send her a file without asking.

Questions and new listings for the CWUNITS file go to me at

Please do _not_ send me attachments.

Carol Botteron (ancestors on both sides)


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