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Subject: IA soldiers in CA Veteran's Home 1886
Date: 17 Nov 2004 08:05:17 -0700

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Surnames: Whiting, Rothlender, Hume, Boersch, McCall
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Source: Report of the President and Other Officers of the Veteran's Home Association of California; for the years 1884, 1885, and 1886; Sacramento: P. L. Shoaff, Supt. State Printing; 1887

This home was in Yountville, Napa Co. CA

John WHITING; 54; Residence when entered service: Cedar Rapids, Iowa; Date of enlistment: Aug 1 1862; 20th Iowa Volunteers; Date of discharge: July 8 1866.

Otto ROTHLENDER; 60; Residence when entered service: Dubuque, Iowa; Date of enlistment: July 30 1861; 1st Iowa Cavalry and 1st Missouri Cavalry; Date of discharge: Spet 11865.

John H. HUME; 63; Residence when entered service: Fort Atherson, Iowa; Date of enlistment: not given; 1st Iowa Cavalry; Date of discharge: Aug 1847.

Philip BOERSCH; 64; Residence when entered service: Dubuque, Iowa; Date of enlistment: Jan 24 1846; 1st United States Infantry; Date of discharge: June 24 1851.

S. B. MCCALL; 59; Residence when entered service: Iowa; Date of enlistment: Sept 1847 and June 8 1861; 5th regiment Indiana Volunteers and 3rd Iowa Volunteers; Date of discharge: Aug 1848 and June 18 1864.

(This publication and many others for Civil War era records in CA are available from the Pomona Valley Genealogical Society at http://home.earthlink.net/~hazefam/PVGS.html )

I am not related and have no further information on these men.

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