Friday, February 7, 2014

Friday Funny/Grandfather's Regiment

Last night I ran a search on Ancestry for the military records of my great-great-grandfather William H. Wiggins.  This is what I found:






     Admittedly, grandfather's handwriting was atrocious; however, I could make out the G for company G followed by 9th NY Heavy Arty.  Ancestry didn't see it that way, this is their interpretation:




     
    Just look at Grandfather's regiment! And he was retired, not rehired, good grief.

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