Family and the Civil War Weblog now on line

Today, April 12, 2011 begins a five year historical account of the involvement of my family of origin in the American Civil War 1861-1865.
The account is presented at http://prairietopotomac.blogspot.com
Brother Arlin and I are grandsons of Charles Ford Pooch who was in the Army of the Potomac from 1861-1865.  Details will appear over time. Arlin and I are in cooperation on the development of this family historical document. We welcome input from anyone who has relevant information.
Delton Krueger
dkrueger@visi.com

Civil War 150th Anniversary begins in 2011

The Civil War connects with this family in that Delton and Arlin Krueger's Grandfather, Charles Ford Pooch, was in the Army of the Potomac from 1861-1865. He and several brothers enlisted in the summer of 1861 when events apparently touched the passions of Wisconsin young men.  He was in the 7th Brigade that came to be known as the Black Hat Brigade. Company I, called the Northwestern Tigers. was his unit.

It is our intention to put online, perhaps in this weblog, the dates and stories of what we know about Grandfather's role in various movements of the army with special attention on the Battles since that is when the historical record is most available. We have no letters that were written home but we do have War Department records that track much of his career. Other records of Company I give us knowledge of where he would have been along the way. We do have clear records of the battles in which he was a participant.

When mustered out in 1865 Grandfather Charles returned to Wisconsin, was married to Charlotte Amalie Borsack, and early in the 1870s came to the Minnesota frontier settling in Germantown Township of Cottonwood County in central southwest Minnesota.