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From: "Cathy Joynt Labath" <>
Subject: Irish Guys of Sioux City Iowa Volunteer Cavalry
Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2005 18:47:25 -0600


Pension papers could be a good source of information that may get you back
to a
place in Ireland for your ancestors. Remember to check siblings, etc, not
just
your direct line.

Pension records can now be ordered on-line via NARA or via Form NATF 85.
https://eservices.archives.gov/orderonline/start.swe?SWECmd=Start


Logan, Guy E. Roster and Record of Iowa Troops in the Rebellion,
Vol. IV. State of Iowa, 1911.

Sioux City Volunteer Cavalry

Collins, Thomas M. Age 24. Residence Smithland, nativity Ireland. Enlisted
Sept. 26, 1861. Mustered Nov. 14, 1861. Transferred to Company I, Seventh
Cavalry, July 14, 1863.

Elliott, Alexander. Age 28. Residence Sioux City, nativity Ireland. Enlisted
Sept. 25, 1861. Mustered Nov. 14, 1861. Promoted Eighth Corporal Feb. 1,
1863; Seventh Corporal May 22, 1863. Transferred to Company I, Seventh
Cavalry, July 14, 1863.

Godfrey, William. Age 31. Residence Sioux City, nativity Ireland. Enlisted
Nov. 20, 1861, as Saddler. Mustered Nov. 20, 1861. Transferred to Company I,
Seventh Cavalry, July 14, 1863.

Halley, William. Age 28. Residence Monona, nativity Ireland. Enlisted Sept.
26, 1861. Mustered Nov. 14, 1861. Transferred to Company I, Seventh Cavalry,
July 14, 1863. (William Haley.)

Kevill, Thomas. Age 19. Residence Sioux City, nativity Ireland. Enlisted
Sept. 30, 1861. Mustered Nov. 15, 1861. Transferred to Company I Seventh
Cavalry July 14, 1863. (Thomas Kevil.)

Kinney, John. Age 32. Residence Sioux City, nativity Ireland. Enlisted Sept.
26, 1861. Mustered Nov. 14, 1861. Transferred to Company I, Seventh Cavalry,
July 14, 1863. (John Kinny.)

Myers, John. Age 24. Residence Sioux City, nativity Ireland. Enlisted Sept.
95, 1861. Mustered Nov. 14, 1861. No further record found.

Stewart, Wiliam G. Age 42. Residence Sioux City, nativity Ireland. Enlisted
Sept. 25, 1861, as Company Quartermaster Sergeant. Mustered Nov. 14, 1861.
Transferred to Company I, Seventh Cavalry, July 14, 1863.


Cathy Joynt Labath
Irish in Iowa
http://www.celticcousins.net/irishiniowa/index.htm


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