[Genealib] Confederate Regimental History Series

[johnr238 at aol.com]

This is John Rigdon, author and Publisher of the Confederate Regimental History Series referenced in the original Email query.  There are apparently two sets of books which are being confused.  The Hardback Set, if I am not mistaken was published by H. E. Howard, Inc. and basically limited to Virginia Units.  My books cover the other Confederate states and are paterned after Howard's series.
 
The quality and amount of information on Confederate Troops varies from state to state and regiment to regiment.  As a general rule the amount of details I have on individual soldiers is listed below with the states with the best information listed first.
 
Louisiana
Maryland
Georgia - Infantry Units
Arkansas
Alabama
South Carolina
Tennessee
Kentucky
 
The following states books generally do not contain service records of the individual soldiers.
 
North Carolina
Florida
Texas
Mississippi
Missouri
 
If you want to see an electronic copy of a couple of the books, send me an email and I will forward a couple of regimental histories as PDF files so you can get an idea of the contents.
 
John Rigdon
ResearchOnLine
http://www.researchonline.net
 
 
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Susan.Scouras at wvculture.org
To: genealib at mailman.acomp.usf.edu
Sent: Thu, 13 Jul 2006 12:30 PM
Subject: RE: [Genealib] Confederate Regimental History Series


Some of the volumes contain rosters, which is useful for genealogy, but those rosters are probably available from other sources.
 
 
Susan Scouras
Librarian
WV Archives and History Library
The Cultural Center
1900 Kanawha Blvd. East
Charleston, WV  25305-0300
(304) 558-0230, Ext. 742
 
-----Original Message-----
From: genealib-bounces at mailman.acomp.usf.edu [mailto:genealib-bounces at mailman.acomp.usf.edu] On Behalf Of Tracy Luscombe
Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2006 11:00 AM
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Thanks Susan. I'm considering them more for genealogy so maybe they aren't the best choice. 
 
Tracy




From: genealib-bounces at mailman.acomp.usf.edu [mailto:genealib-bounces at mailman.acomp.usf.edu] On Behalf Of Susan Scouras
Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2006 10:44 AM
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Tracy:
 
Our in-house Civil War historian and author, Terry Lowry, says this set is good and is considered one of the "classics" for Civil War history.  We have the original 12 hardbound volumes in our collection, but they are not used heavily.  If you have true Civil War historians and buffs who truly research the Civil War, you will probably want this set for your library.  If you don't expect much use, the CD-ROM version would probably be adequate.  There are used sets and individual volumes widely available in the book market, from what I can see.  This set has been reprinted several times over the years.
 
Hope this helps.
 
Susan
 
 
 
Susan Scouras
Librarian
WV Archives and History Library
The Cultural Center
1900 Kanawha Blvd. East
Charleston, WV  25305-0300
(304) 558-0230, Ext. 742
 
-----Original Message-----
From: genealib-bounces at mailman.acomp.usf.edu [mailto:genealib-bounces at mailman.acomp.usf.edu] On Behalf Of Tracy Luscombe
Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2006 3:20 PM
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Does anyone out there own these books?  If so, what is your opinion of the work being worth the cost?
 
http://www.researchonline.net/catalog/index.htm
 
 
Tracy E. Luscombe
Genealogy Librarian
McKinney Memorial Public Library
101 E. Hunt Street
McKinney, TX 75069
972-547-7343
tluscombe at mckinneytexas.org
 
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