I've been looking at an 1858 Remington .44 that someone, at some point, tried to convert to cartridge. It's basically a parts gun. I looked at it again today and on the side of the barrel is an engraved name: Clifford G. West. It wasn't scratched in but done well, a long time ago.
Is there a way to search Civil War veterans without joining Ancestry. com or one of those sites?
I'm not even sure he was a veteran.