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From: "Donna Vaughn" <>
Subject: [NY-Mil] 6th Heavy Artillery, Company D, Civil War
Date: Tue, 20 May 2003 07:04:23 -0400


I'm new to the list and new to military genealogy, although experienced in other areas of genealogy. For some strange reason, I have not until now come across an ancestor of the Civil War, and need your advice.

I have a John MCCABE of Ossining, NY, who enlisted on Sept. 1, 1864, in Poughkeepsie, NY, with the 6th New York Heavy Artillery, Company D. I believe he hooks into my Ossining McCabe line, thus am interested in his military records to see if this can be verified. From Ancestry, I got his Civil War Pension index listing, which I know can be used to get his case file. I also have a copy of enlistment record from the index at the State Archives, which did not tell me much family info except born in Ireland (which I knew). Is it likely that the record from the National Archives will get me any additional family info?

I'm taking this approach as the census/vital records searches have not helped. Plus, the military connection
is so interesting, if John McCabe does prove to be "mine."

Thanks for any suggestions....
Donna Vaughn

Surnames in Westchester Co:
Conklin, Cronk, Tompkins, Dusenbury, Brown, Archer, McCabe, Knight

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