Collection details lives of Civil War veterans

The Historical Society of the Town of Middletown unveiled a new online collection on Veterans Day detailing the lives and service records of 242 Civil War veterans from Middletown. Visit mtownhistory.org/ projects to find the exhibit, which consists of an alphabetical spreadsheet with names, birth and death dates, parents’ names, military units and other information on the veterans, as well as what happened to them during and after the war.

Further details are provided in individual profiles. An introduction explains the project. A gallery of photographs and a list of sources round out the collection. The individual profiles were compiled using information from census records, online and published family and community histories, pension files, newspaper accounts and other sources.

The society asks that additions, corrections or omissions be sent to history@catskill.net.