James A. Barber

James Albert Barber
1841-1925
Medal of Honor Recipient Civil War

U.S. Army Center of Military History Medal of Honor Citations
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company G, 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery.
Place and date: At Petersburg, Va., 2 April 1865.
Entered service at: Westerly, R.I. Birth: Westerly, R.I. Date of issue: 20 June 1866.
Citation: Was one of a detachment of 20 picked artillerymen who voluntarily
accompanied an infantry assaulting party,
and who turned upon the enemy the guns captured in the assault.

Petersburg National Battlefield
http://www.nps.gov/pete/mahan/oriowelcm.htm

Biography and Genealogy Master Index
60973
Barber, James Albert 1841-1925
Medal of Honor Recipients, 1863-1994. Two volumes.
Compiled by George Lang, Raymond L. Collins, and Gerard F. White.
New York: Facts on File, 1995.
Use the alphabetical Index, which begins on page 865, to locate biographies. (MedHR 94)

The Army Medal of Honor: The First Fifty-Five Years
by Mark C. Mollan

Civil War Genealogy
NARA Genealogy: Civil War Records
Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/	Civil War Archive http://www.civilwararchive.com/intro.htm
Intro to the Civil War and Genealogy http://www.illinoiscivilwar.org/cwgeneal.html	Civil War Research Database http://www.civilwardata.com
Civil War Rosters by State http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Lair/3680/cw/cw.html
Civil War Resources for Teachers and Students
Band Music From the Civil War Era http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ cwmhtml/cwmhome.html Civil War Music http://www.civilwarmusic.net/	The Civil War Home Page http://www.civil-war.net/ Civil War Time Line http://www.americancivilwar.com/ tl/timeline.html
Teacher Resources for Civil War Treasures from NY Historical Society http://memory.loc.gov/learn/collections/treasures/index.html
Civil War Soldier in the Wild Cat Regiment http://memory.loc.gov/learn/collections/reynolds/index.html
Comparing Electronic and Print Texts About the Civil War Soldier (Greades 6-8) http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=68
Civil War Maps http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ collections/civil_war_maps/	Civil War Maps [Confederate] http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ collections/maps/hotchkiss/
Teacher Resources for Using the Civil War Maps http://memory.loc.gov/learn/collections/cwmaps/index.html
"We'll Sing to Abe Our Song" http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/scsmhtml/scsmhome.html
Selected Civil War Photographs http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ cwphtml/cwphome.html Now We are Engaged In A Great Civil War Elementary Lesson http://ericir.syr.edu/Virtual/Lessons/crossroads/ sec3/k2/unit6/unit6_k2_head.html Middle School http://ericir.syr.edu/Virtual/Lessons/crossroads/ sec4/Unit_6/index.html	Mathew Brady's World: Civil War http://www.npg.si.edu/exh/brady/ war/civilpg.htm Mathew Brady's Studio http://www.npg.si.edu/exh/brady/ gallery/gal03.html Mathew Brady's Biography http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/cwphtml/ cwbrady.html
Eduscapes: The Civil War http://42explore.com/civilwar.htm	Mr. Donn's Pages: Civil War http://members.aol.com/MrDonnHistory/ American.html#CIVIL

James A. Barber

Web Resources for Educators by Midge Frazel second great granddaughter of James A. Barber
Mayflower descendant through George Soule

Moses Barber Genealogy
Don Barber's Revised List of Descendants of Moses Barber (Gen 1 to 4) Generation 5 Generation 6 Generation 7
Jim Swan's Descendants of Moses Barber