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From: "Cathy Joynt Labath" <>
Subject: 26th Reg IVI - Irish Guys
Date: Sun, 6 Mar 2005 12:48:17 -0600


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

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


Twenty-sixth Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry

COMPANY "A"
Campbell, Thomas. Age 28. Residence Lyons, nativity Ireland. Enlisted Aug. 21,
1862. Mustered Aug. 30, 1862. Mustered out June 6, 1865, Washington, D. C.

Murry, Patrick. Age 30. Residence Clinton, nativity Ireland. Enlisted Aug. 4,
1862. Mustered Aug. 30, 1862. Died Aug. 30, 1864. Buried in National Cemetery,
Marietta, Ga. Section H, grave 611.

COMPANY "C"
Coleman, Daniel. Age 28. Residence Low Moor, nativity Ireland. Enlisted Aug. 14,
1862. Mustered Aug. 15, 1862. Transferred to Invalid Corps Sept. 22, 1863.
Discharged for disability Nov. 7, 1864, Rock Island, Ill.

Cunningham, Peter. Age 20. Residence Clinton, nativity Ireland. Enlisted Aug.
11, 1862. Mustered Aug. 15, 1862. Wounded Jan. 11, 1863, Arkansas Post, Ark.
Transferred to Invalid Corps Dec. 27, 1863. Mustered out June 28, 1865,
Washington, D. C.

Patterson, William. Age 31. Residence Clinton, nativity Ireland. Enlisted Aug.
13, 1862. Mustered Aug. 15, 1862. Promoted First Corporal May 1, 1863. Mustered
out June 6, 1865, Washington, D. C.

COMPANY "D"
Cavanaugh, Michael. Age 25. Residence De Witt, nativity Ireland. Enlisted Aug.
13, 1862.Mustered Sept. 11, 1862. Wounded slightly Jan. 11, 1863, Arkansas Post,
Ark. Died of disease June 5, 1864, Chattanooga, Tenn. Buried in National
Cemetery, Chattanooga, Tenn. Section D, grave 579.

Cornwall, Patrick M. Age 25. Residence De Witt, nativity Ireland. Enlisted Aug.
11, 1862, as First Corporal. Mustered Sept. 13, 1862 Promoted Fifth Sergeant
Feb. 19, 1864. Mustered out June 6, 1865, Washington, D. C.

Donavan, John. Age 22. Residence De Witt, nativity Ireland. Enlisted Aug. 11,
1862. Mustered Sept. 11, 1862. Discharged for disability Nov. 24, 1864,
Davenport, Iowa.

Dunn, William H. Age 37. Residence De Witt, nativity Ireland. Enlisted Aug. 11,
1862. Mustered Sept. 11, 1862. Promoted Second Corporal Oct. 31, 1863; Second
Sergeant May 1, 1863; First Sergeant Feb. 19, 1864. Mustered out June 6, 1865,
Washington, D. C.

Gubbins, James. Age 25. Residence De Witt, nativity Ireland. Enlisted. Aug. 12,
1862. Mustered Sept. 11, 1862. Promoted Fourth Corporal Nov. 1, 1862; Third
Corporal May 1, 1863; Second Corporal Sept. 1, 1863; First Corporal Feb. 19,
1864. Wounded slightly May 14, 1864, Resaca, Ga. Mustered out June 6, 1865,
Washington, D. C.

Hamilton, James. Age 25. Residence De Witt, nativity Ireland. Enlisted Aug. 11,
1862. Mustered Sept. 20, 1862. Deserted Jan. 20, 1863, Hamilton, Ark.

Hughes, Patrick. Age 22. Residence De Witt, nativity Ireland. Enlisted Aug. 11,
1862. Mustered Sept. 11, 1862. Deserted Sept. 19, 1863. War Department reports:
"While a deserter at large enlisted under name of Patrick Keagan, in Company F,
Thirty-fifth Wisconsin Infantry."

Kelly, Michael. Age 39. Residence De Witt, nativity Ireland. Enlisted Aug. 11,
1862. Mustered Sept. 11, 1862. Discharged for disability Jan. 22, 1864, St.
Louis, Mo.

McManus, Terence. Age 23 Residence DeWitt, nativity Ireland. Enlisted Aug. 11,
1862. Mustered Sept. 11, 1862. Killed in action May 22, 1863, Walnut Hills,
Miss.

Maher, William. Age 21. Residence De Witt, nativity Ireland. Enlisted Aug. 11,
1862. Mustered Sept. 11, 1862. Wounded Jan. 11, 1863 Arkansas Post, Ark. Died of
wounds Jan. 13, 1863, Arkansas Post, Ark.

Whelan, John. Age 26. Residence De Witt, nativity Ireland. Enlisted Aug. 11,
1862. Mustered Sept. 11, 1862. Promoted Third Sergeant Oct. 31, 1862; Second
Sergeant Feb. 19, 1864. Taken prisoner April 21, 1864, on Tennessee River. Died
of disease, Aug. 27, 1864, while prisoner, Andersonville, Ga. Buried in National
Cemetery, Andersonville, Ga. Grave No. 6934.

COMPANY "E"
Caldon, Martin. Age 35. Residence De Witt, nativity Ireland. Enlisted Aug. 29,
1862. Mustered Aug. 29, 1862. Transferred to Company G Oct. 12, 1862.

McDermott, James. Age 25. Residence De Witt, nativity Ireland. Enlisted Aug. 30,
1862. Mustered Aug. 30, 1862. Transferred to Company G, Oct. 12, 1862.

COMPANY "F"
McAlhatton, John. Age 26. Residence Charlotte, nativity Ireland. Enlisted Aug.
12, 1862. Mustered Sept. 15, 1862. Died Oct. 18, 1863, Jefferson Barracks, St.
Louis, Mo. Buried in National Cemetery, Jefferson Barracks, (St. Louis,) Mo.
Section 6, grave 148.

McDermott, James. Age 25. Residence De Witt, nativity Ireland. Enlisted Aug. 30,
1862. Mustered Aug. 30, 1862. Wounded May 19, 1863, Walnut Hills, Miss. Mustered
out May, 1865, Davenport, Iowa. See Company E.

McDonald. John. Age 44. Residence Lyons, nativity Ireland. Enlisted Aug. 22,
1862. Mustered Sept. 16, 1862. Wounded Jan. 11, 1863, Arkansas Post, Ark.
Discharged for wounds July 16, 1863, St. Louis, Mo.

Mahar, David. Age 38. Residence Grand Mound, nativity Ireland. Enlisted Aug. 14,
1862. Mustered Sept. 13, 1862. Wounded Jan. 11, 1863, Arkansas Post, Ark.
Mustered out May 4, 1865.

COMPANY "G"
Buckley, James. Age 60. Residence Clinton County, nativity Ireland. Enlisted
Aug. 22, 1862. Mustered Sept. 29, 1862. Discharged for disability Feb. 19 1863,
Young's Point, La.

Cahill, Cornelius. Age 21. Residence Lyons, nativity Ireland. Enlisted Aug. 8
1862, as First Corporal. Mustered Sept. 15, 1862. Promoted Fifth Sergeant Oct.
24, 1862. Wounded Jan. 11, 1863, Arkansas Post, Ark. Deserted June 8, 1863, St.
Louis, Mo. War Department reports: "Under the name of Con W. Clifford, he
enlisted Dec. 28, 1863, in Company B, Tenth United States Infantry and was
discharged Dec. 28, 1868, expiration of term of service."

Cahill, Patrick. Age 30. Residence Lyons, nativity Ireland. Enlisted Aug. 15,
1862. Mustered Sept. 15, 1862. Discharged for disability Feb. 19, 1863, Young's
Point, La.

Caldon, Martin. Age 35. Residence De Witt, nativity Ireland. Enlisted Aug. 29,
1862. Mustered Aug. 29, 1862. Died of disease Feb. 2, 1863, Young's Point, La.

Carney, James. Age 28. Residence Lyons, nativity Ireland. Enlisted Aug. 22,
1862. Mustered Sept. 19, 1862. Deserted Oct. 24, 1862, St. Louis, Mo.

Collins, Dennis. Age 20. Residence Lyons, nativity Ireland. Enlisted Aug. 15
1862. Mustered Sept. 15, 1862. Promoted Fifth Corporal May 1, 1865. Mustered out
June 6, 1865, Washington, D. C.

Collins, John. Age 19. Residence Lyons, nativity Ireland. Enlisted Aug. 9, 1862.
Mustered Sept. 15, 1862. Wounded Jan. 11, 1863, Arkansas Post, Ark. Discharged
for wounds May 30, 1863, St. Louis, Mo.

Collins, Thomas. Age 20. Residence Lyons, nativity Ireland. Enlisted Aug. 15
1862, as Second Corporal. Mustered Sept. 16, 1862. In Hospital Clinton, Iowa,
Oct. 20, 1862. No further record found.

Connors, William. Age 26. Residence Lyons. nativity Ireland. Enlisted Aug. 8,
1862. Mustered Sept. 15, 1862. Deserted Oct. 24, 1862, St. Louis, Mo.

Donavan, John. Age 21. Residence Clinton County, nativity Ireland. Enlisted Aug.
14, 1862. Mustered Sept. 15, 1862. Died of disease April 18, 1863, St. Louis,
Mo. Buried in National Cemetery, Jefferson Barracks, (St. Louis,) Mo. Section 2,
grave 59.

Galvin, Michael. Age 21. Residence Lyons, nativity Ireland. Enlisted Aug. 16,
1862, as Fifer. Mustered Sept. 16, 1862. Promoted Principal Musician April 1,
1865. Mustered out June 6, 1865, Washington, D. C.

Garrity, Edward. Age 21. Residence Dubuque, nativity Ireland. Enlisted Aug. 14,
1862. Mustered Sept. 16, 1862. Died of disease March 2 1865, Blair's Landing, S.
C.

Hand, Francis. Age 21. Residence Lyons, nativity Ireland. Enlisted Aug. 14,
1862. Mustered Sept. 15, 1862. Deserted Oct. 3, 1862, from Camp, Clinton, Iowa.

Harkins, Owen. Age 21. Residence De Witt, nativity Ireland. Enlisted Aug. 14,
1862. Mustered Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered out June 6, 1865, Washington, D. C.

Howley, Thomas. Age 19. Residence Lyons, nativity Ireland. Enlisted Aug. 14,
1862. Mustered Sept. 15, 1862. Deserted Oct. 3, 1862, Camp, Clinton, Iowa.

Igo, Denis. Age 24. Residence Lyons, nativity Ireland. Enlisted Aug. 18, 1862.
Mustered Sept. 18, 1862. Deserted Oct. 24, 1862, St. Louis, Mo.

Kane, John. Age 21. Residence Lyons, nativity Ireland. Enlisted Aug. 8, 1862, as
Fourth Sergeant. Mustered Sept. 15, 1862. Promoted First Sergeant Oct. 24, 1862,
Second Lieutenant Feb. 27, 1863. Mustered out June 6, 1865, Washington, D. C.

Kane, Peter. Age 22. Residence Lyons, nativity Ireland. Enlisted Aug. 8, 1862.
Mustered Sept. 29, 1862. Deserted Oct. 24, 1862, St. Louis, Mo.

Kehoe, Thomas. Age 35. Residence Lyons, nativity Ireland. Enlisted Aug. 14,
1862. Mustered Sept. 15, 1862. Transferred to Invalid Corps Jan. 6, 1864.
Mustered out June 27, 1865, Davenport, Iowa.

Kelly, William. Age 46. Residence Jackson County, nativity Ireland. Enlisted
Aug. 19 1862. Mustered Sept. 16, 1862. Accidentally wounded Nov. 16 1862.
Discharged for disability (loss of leg) Dec. 26, 1862.

Kirwin, Christopher. Age 32. Residence Charlotte, nativity Ireland. Enlisted
Aug. 12, 1862, as Fifth Corporal. Mustered Sept. 15, 1862. Promoted Second
Corporal; First Corporal Dec. 12, 1862. Died of disease Oct. 24, 1863, Iuka,
Miss.

Ladrigan. William. Age 34. Residence Lyons, nativity Ireland. Enlisted Aug. 12,
1862. Mustered Sept. 23, 1862. Mustered out June 6, 1865, Washington, D. C.

Long, Jeremiah. Age 28. Residence Lyons, nativity Ireland. Enlisted Jan. 4,
1864. Mustered Jan. 6, 1864. Transferred to Company A Sixth Infantry.

McManus, Patrick. Age 24. Residence Lyons, nativity Ireland. Enlisted Aug. 15,
1862. Mustered Sept. 15, 1862. Taken prisoner Oct. 11, 1864, Cassville, Ga.
Returned to Company Feb. 21, 1865. Mustered out June 6, 1865, Washington, D. C.

Muldoon, Michael. Age 24. Residence Lyons, nativity Ireland. Enlisted Aug. 10,
1862, as Wagoner. Mustered Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered out June 6, 1865,
Washington, D. C.

Murphy, Patrick. Age 27. Residence Lyons, nativity Ireland. Enlisted Aug. 22,
1862. Mustered Sept. 15, 1862. Promoted Fifth Corporal Oct. 18, 1862; Fourth
Corporal; Fifth Sergeant July 1, 1863. Mustered out June 6, 1865, Washington, D.
C.

O'Neil, James. Age 26. Residence Jackson County, nativity Ireland. Enlisted Aug.
12, 1862. Mustered Sept. 23, 1862. Promoted Sixth Corporal July 1, 1863; Fourth
Corporal Sept. 7, 1863; Third Corporal] Mustered out June 6, 1865, Washington,
D. C.

Owens, John. Age 25. Residence Lyons, nativity Ireland. Enlisted Aug. 14, 1862.
Mustered Sept. 15, 1862. Wounded Jan. 11, 1863, Arkansas Post, Ark. Discharged
for wounds Jan. 11, 1864, St. Louis, Mo.

Peters. Michael. Age 18. Residence Lyons, nativity Ireland. Enlisted Aug. 15,
1862. Mustered Sept. 6, 1862. Deserted Sept. 27. 1863, while on furlough.

Rogers, John. Age 21. Residence Lyons, nativity Ireland. Enlisted Aug. 20, 1862.
Mustered Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered out June 6, 1865, Washington, D. C.

Smart, Thomas. Age 32. Residence Lyons, nativity Ireland. Enlisted Aug. 13,
1862. Mustered Sept. 15, 1862. Transferred to Invalid Corps Sept. 1, 1863.
Discharged June 30, 1865, Indianapolis, Ind.

Tiernan. James. Age 24. Residence De Witt, nativity Ireland. Enlisted Aug. 12,
1862, as Fourth Corporal. Mustered Sept. 21, 1862. Promoted First Corporal.
Reduced to ranks at his own request March 3, 1863. Mustered out June 6, 1865,
Washington, D. C.

Welsh, James (1st). Age 27. Residence: Clinton, nativity Ireland. Enlisted Aug.
14, 1862. Mustered Sept. 16, 1862. Discharged for disability April 7, 1864,
Memphis, Tenn.

COMPANY "H"
Smith, John. Age 44. Residence De Witt, nativity Ireland. Enlisted Aug. 9, 1862.
Mustered Aug. 28, 1862. Promoted Eighth Corporal March 1, 1863; Seventh Corporal
May 1, 1863; Fourth Corporal Sept. 1, 1863; Second Corporal Jan. 1, 1864.
Mustered out June 9, 1865, Nashville, Tenn.

COMPANY "I"
Carraher, Mathew. Age 20. Residence Wheatland, nativity Ireland. Enlisted Aug.
12, 1862. Mustered Aug. 30, 1862. Wounded June 5, 1863, Vicksburg, Miss.
Discharged for disability Sept. 26, 1863, St. Louis, Mo.

Dolen, John. Age 19. Residence Wheatland, nativity Ireland. Enlisted Aug. 14,
1862. Mustered Aug. 30, 1862. Promoted Seventh Corporal Dec. 1, 1862, Fourth
Corporal; First Corporal; Fourth Sergeant Aug. 7, 1862, Third Sergeant Sept. 9,
1863. Died of disease Dec. 12, 1863, Memphis, Tenn. Buried in Mississippi River
National Cemetery, Memphis, Tenn. Section 1, grave 225.

Dougherty, Patrick. Age I9. Residence Wheatland, nativity Ireland. Enlisted Aug.
14, 1862. Mustered Aug. 30, 1862. Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps Sept. 1,
1863. Discharged June 26, 1865, Washington, D. C.

Gunigal, James. Age 40. Residence Wheatland, nativity Ireland. Enlisted Aug. 14,
1862. Mustered Aug. 30, 1862. Transferred to Invalid Corps Sept. 30, 1863.
Discharged for disability Jan. 17, 1865, Indianapolis, Ind.

McCuddin, John. Age 20. Residence Wheatland, nativity Ireland. Enlisted Aug. 12,
1862. Mustered Aug. 30, 1862. Promoted Third Corporal, Second Corporal; Fifth
Sergeant Jan. 16, 1864. Discharged for disability, Davenport, Ia.

Murry, John. Age 24. Residence Wheatland, nativity Ireland. Enlisted Aug. 15,
1862. Mustered Aug. 30, 1862. Mustered out July 15, 186! New Orleans, La.

Montague, Thomas. Age 30. Residence Camanche, nativity Ireland. Enlisted Aug.
15, 1862. Mustered Sept. 12, 1862. Drowned from steamer "Denmark," Oct. 22,
1862, Le Claire, Iowa.

Morris, Thomas. Age 19. Residence Clinton County, nativity Ireland. E: Enlisted
Aug. 14 1862. Mustered Sept. 12, 1862. Promoted Seventh Corporal May ;5, 1865.
Mustered out June 6, 1865, Washington, D. C.

COMPANY "K"
McGunnigle, William. Age 30. Residence Lyons, nativity Ireland. Enlisted Aug.
16, 1862. Mustered Sept. 13, 1862. Borne only on advance pay roll. No later
record found.


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