Hi there, I would try posting at the
Texas in the Civil War Message Board
http://history-sites.com/cgi-bin/bbs53x/txcwmb/webbbs_config...It isn't a complete resource by any means, but people often post their ancestors on Find-a-Grave. If you do find someone on there, you can contact the person who made the posting.
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgiAny ideas about when he was born, where and when he died or who his parents and wife might have been? Every little bit helps, but if the information you gave is all you have, that's a start :o) A search of ancestry found 7 locations in the USA for Bohemia and one in Mexico, plus the one in the Czech Republic.
The Civil War
Soldiers and
Sailors System records the unit of Ch. Simank as a Confederate soldier, 3rd Regiment,
Texas Infantry, Company A, rank in Private,
Rank out Private.
Their brief regimental history reads:
3rd Infantry Regiment completed its organization during the fall of 1861. Some of its members were recruited at
Austin and San Antonio. It served along the
Texas coast at various points and in October, 1862, totalled 648 effectives. Because the regiment never saw any action, during the latter part of the war morale deteriorated. It disbanded before the Trans-Mississippi Department surrendered in June, 1865. The field officers were
Colonel Philip N. Luckett, Lieutenant Colonels
Augustus Buchel and Edward F. Gray, and Major John H. Kampmann.
A search for SIMMANK SYMANK
SYMMANK found nothing on the CWSSS. A search for
Roessler and
Rabe turned up no one in the
Texas Infantry, but several others. You might want to take a look and see if they could be your man.
All the best in your search. Cathey