[/caption]In honor of the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, I have the newly-found Civil War Draft Registration of my great-great-great grandfather, Joseph Gress:
- Residence: Eden [Erie County, NY]
- Name: Joseph Gress
- Age 1st, July 1863: 22
- White or colored: White
- Profession, occupation or trade: Farmer
- Married or unmarried: Unknown
- Place of Birth: New York [sic: Germany]
- Former Military Service: [Blank]
- Remarks: [Blank]
and Joseph's brother Michael:
- Residence: Eden [Erie County, NY]
- Name: Michael Gress
- Age 1st, July 1863: 25
- White or colored: White
- Profession, occupation or trade: Farmer
- Married or unmarried: Married
- Place of Birth: New York [sic: Germany]
- Former Military Service: [Blank]
- Remarks: [Blank]
Source (Same for Michael, who is 1 line lower): "U.S., Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865," database and images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 14 Apr 2011), Joseph Gress, Class I, Congressional District 30, Erie County, New York; citing Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registrations, 1863-1865. NM-65, entry 172, 620 volumes. Records of the Provost Marshal General’s Bureau (Civil War), Record Group 110. National Archives, Washington D.C.
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