My Journey on Lincoln's Assassination

[Rob Wick]

Steve,

For some reason, when I try to open the documents you provide the system tells me I'm not logged in. After trying to log in again, I get the same message. Roger, is it possible you might be able to email them to me?

It's interesting that Eisenschiml's father doesn't appear in the roster of the unit. That's something, even before the internet, that could have been easily checked simply by finding the Illinois Adjutant General's reports. Giving Eisenschiml the benefit of the doubt and assuming that either his father's name was accidentally written down as someone else or somehow didn't make the roster (seemingly impossible, especially for an officer) would be my first choices. My great-grandfather joined the Union Third Kentucky Cavalry and yet I couldn't find him because they misspelled his name rather severely. Have you checked with the National Archives to see whether Otto's father ever applied for a pension or if his compiled service record is available?

That Otto would have lied about this, given his general lack of character, is not out of the realm of the possible, but given what I know about finding Civil War soldiers, I would need to see more proof.

Good luck!

Best
Rob