Is Euphroneous Ring somewhere in your family tree? How about Eldorado Verselius or Patsey Bolivar?

Two researchers and a volunteer at the Idaho State Historical Society have compiled the names of Civil War veterans who lived and died in Idaho. Seventy-eight of them were residents of south-central Idaho — remarkable, considering that Twin Falls wasn’t founded until 39 years after Appomattox.

Most of the names on the list — John McCay of Twin Falls County, who served with the 10th Tennessee Cavalry, is one exception — are veterans of the Union Army. Confederate veterans often didn’t advertise their pasts when they moved to Idaho and died anonymously.

I’d like to find out more about these characters. Can you help?

We know Ring died in Twin Falls County in 1915 at the age of 75. He was a veteran of the 11th Pennsylvania Cavalry.

Verselius lived in Twin Falls County and served in Company A of the 152nd Indiana Regiment; no birth or death dates are listed.

Bolivar, a Blaine County resident, may be the most intriguing of all. He (she?) was a member of both the 6th and 31st Massachusetts Infantry regiments and also served in the U.S. Navy.

Below is a partial list of south-central Idaho Civil War vets; I’ll publish the rest Friday. If your great-great-great-great-grandpa is listed, I’d love to learn more about him.

John Zemmer, Blaine County, died 1921 (88); William A. York, Blaine County, died 1924 (78); Nathan Woodworth, Gooding County, died 1920 (81), 1st Wisconsin Volunteers; Ezra Williams, Twin Falls County, 1914 (69), 14th Michigan Volunteers; Isaac White, Camas County, 15th Iowa Infantry; Euich White, Blaine County, died 1913 (77), 27th Ohio Volunteers; Eli Wehrli, Lincoln County, died 1922 (86); Anson Weber, Blaine County, 48th Pennsylvania Infantry; W. Warren, Twin Falls County, 139th Illinois Infantry; Foster Vincent, Gooding County, died 1924 (76), 57th Pennsylvania Infantry; William VanVolteberg, Twin Falls County, 24th Iowa Infantry.

John Tennant, Twin Falls County, 141st Pennsylvania Infantry; Hyrum Talley, Lincoln County, died 1930 (83); A. Sullivan, Blaine County, 4th Iowa Infantry; Webster Spencer, Twin Falls County, 20th Iowa Infantry; Henry Smallhouse, Twin Falls County, 26th Kentucky Infantry; Watson Shilling, Blaine County, died 1923 (83), 1st Michigan Cavalry; Almon Senter, Lincoln County, died 1899 (54), 6th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry; William Sampson, Twin Falls County, died 1932 (90), 8th Iowa Cavalry; George Sampson, Blaine County, died 1905 (62), 38th New York Infantry; James Sabin, Cassia County, died 1934 (86), 1st Michigan Cavalry; John Rogers, Cassia County, 6th Missouri Cavalry; W. Riley, Blaine County, 86th New York Regiment;

George Riddle, Blaine County, 3rd Ohio Regiment; Frank Reed, Gooding County, died 1896 (57), 97th New York Volunteer Infantry; T. Redsull, Blaine County, 1st Oregon Regiment; John Redding, Blaine County, died 1907 (68); Henry Price, Twin Falls County, died 1921 (75); T. Picotte, Blaine County, 102nd New York Regiment; D. Pettijohn, Twin Falls County, 2nd Minnesota Regiment; John Patton, Minidoka County, died 1917 (71), 33rd Iowa Infantry; Alexander Morrison, Lincoln County, died 1917 (71); Josiah Miller, Cassia County, died 1923 (81), 105th Pennsylvania Infantry; William Mallory, Twin Falls County, died 1932 (86).