Researching Your Civil War Relatives
Mark Radeleff has been a volunteer researcher at the Lincoln Memorial Shrine / A.K. Smiley Public Library Heritage Room for over twenty years. A retired U.S. Marine and Platform Systems Engineer with Lockheed Martin. Mark became interested in the Civil War while stationed in Japan. His areas of interest are the political/military relationships (Generals and Presidents), the common soldiers’ life (pre-war, war, and post-war), and the U.S. Government’s post-civil war pension system. He is currently Treasurer of our Inland Empire Civil War Round Table.