There’s a military service stone in the Elliott Grove Cemetery in Chariton County, Missouri, for an Elzy Lake. Based upon its appearance, it’s been in the cemetery for some time and has seen its fair share of exposure to the weather. The tombstone picture used in this post was not taken by me. It was […]

I’m pretty certain it indicates that Elzy Lake served in the “Forty-ninth Infantry, I-Mi.” And I’m not understanding why Ancestry.com in its “Union Soldier’s Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865” thought it necessary to truncate the name of the state from which the individual served. Because this makes it look like Elzy served from Michigan. I thought the days […]