Civil War Project

One of the most rewarding aspects of our Civil War Project has been the information we have gotten from descendants of Civil War veterans who are interred at Green-Wood. Sometimes they contact us with bare bones information: my great grandfathers name is ---- and he served in the Civil War. Can you help me find him? Other times pension records and photographs follow.

Since 2002, The Green-Wood Historic Fund's Civil War Project has been identifying Civil War veterans who are buried there, writing biographies for each of them, and making sure that each lies in a marked grave. For those whom we have discovered in unmarked graves, we have requested gravestones from the Department of Veterans Affairs.

It is a remarkable story--a tale of service, sacrifice, research, and discovery.

A few months ago I received an e-mail from Kevin Canberg. I didn't know Kevin, but I was fascinated by his e-mail. Here's what Kevin wrote: