Welcome to the 116th Infantry Regiment Roll of Honor. We hope to honor
as many veterans of the 116th Infantry Regiment (The Stonewall Brigade) and its ancestral units
as possible, especially those who gave their lives for their country and
tell their life stories. Who knows what we might discover.
Just a couple of notes.
- Each company will have a label. You will be able to click on that
label or choose that company from the gadget (when it is set up) to see
all the soldiers from a particular company. WWI and WWII Companies were
organized similarly and so those soldiers will be labeled together.
Separate labels will be provided for soldiers from other eras under the correct unit designation for that era. A place name ending in "NC" indicates the National Cemetery.
- Soldiers will be posted on the day of the year on which they died.
So, if you go to a particular date you will see all the soldiers who
died on that date. Hopefully there will be some dates on which no
soldiers died and we will post general informational posts on those
dates.
- Because Blogger doesn't allow posting dates prior to 1970 we've had to
adopt the following protocol for posting dates. War of 1812 and earlier
soldiers will be posted on the 200th anniversary of their death. Civil
War soldiers will be posted on the 150th anniversary of their death.
Spanish American and WW1 soldiers will be posted on the 100th
anniversary of their death. WW2 soldiers will be posted on the 72nd
anniversary of their death. Soldiers and veterans who died after 1970
will be posted on the date of their death.
- We try to include as a minimum the following: date and place of birth,
parents' names, date service began, unit of assignment (to include
other than the 116th), date of death, and place of burial. We like to
include a bit of information on the family, including other family
members who served (including when and with what units), employment, and
so forth. Not all information is available for all soldiers so we are
hoping that some information will be forthcoming from family members.
We are certainly open to suggestions, further information, corrections (please, WITH documentation) and are constantly looking for photographs. We have noticed that a number of individuals are plagiarizing (i.e. copying and pasting large blocks of text). If you feel the need to copy us we ask that you please credit this blog (with a link).