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From: "Cathy Joynt Labath" <>
Subject: 6th Reg IA Vol Cavalry - Irish Guys (part 1)
Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2005 17:14:06 -0500


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.


6th Regiment Iowa Volunteer Cavalry


COMPANY "A"
Anderson, John W. Age 26. Residence Marshalltown, nativity Ireland. Enlisted
Dec. 1, 1862, as Company Quartermaster Sergeant. Mustered Dec. 1, 1862. Wounded
in shooting affray. Died of wounds April 19, 1865, Webster City, Iowa.

Bairn, Patrick. Age 24. Residence Davenport, nativity Ireland. Enlisted Oct. 21,
1862. Mustered Oct. 21, 1862. Mustered out Oct. 17, 1865, Sioux City, Iowa.

Costello, Peter. Age 45. Residence Wheatland, nativity Ireland. Enlisted Oct.
23, 1862. Mustered Oct. 23, 1862. Died of disease April 1, 1864, Fort Randall,
Dak. Buried at Fort Randall, Dak.

McLaughlin, John. Age 38. Residence Wheatland, nativity Ireland. Enlisted Oct.
24, 1862. Mustered Oct. 24, 1862. Mustered out Oct. 17, 1865, Sioux City, Iowa.

Murphy, John. Age 31. Residence Dewitt, nativity Ireland. Enlisted Oct. 6, 1862.
Mustered Oct. 6, 1862. Transferred to Company M.

Park, William H. Age 27. Residence Norwalk, Ohio, nativity Ireland. Enlisted
Sept. 24, 1862, as Second Corporal. Mustered Sept. 24, 1862. Promoted First
Corporal March 10, 1863; Company Commissary Sergeant Nov. 1, 1863. Mustered out
Oct. 17, 1865, Sioux City, Iowa.

COMPANY "B"
Crawford, Robert H. Age 21. Residence Cascade, nativity Ireland. Enlisted Sept.
18, 1862. Mustered Nov. 13, 1862. Mustered out Oct. 17, 1865, Sioux City, Iowa

Dillon, Charles. Age 37. Residence Pin Oak, nativity Ireland. Enlisted Oct. 3,
1862, as Farrier. Mustered Nov. 12, 1862. Mustered out Oct. 17, 1865, Sioux
City, Iowa.

Dolan, Thomas. Age 21. Residence Cedar County, nativity Ireland. Enlisted Sept.
29, 1864. Mustered Sept. 29, 1864. Mustered out Oct. 17, 1865, Sioux City, Iowa.

Dunnigan, Terrence. Age 23. Residence Jones County, nativity Ireland. Enlisted
Oct. 21, 1862. Mustered Nov. 14, 1862. Mustered out Oct. 17, 1865, Sioux City,
Iowa.

Gelston, John. Age 38. Residence Pin Oak, nativity Ireland. Enlisted Oct. 6,
1862. Mustered Nov. 14, 1862. Mustered out Oct. 17, 1865, Sioux City, Iowa.

Hogan, Michael. Age 41. Residence Dubuque, nativity Ireland. Enlisted Dec. 10,
1862. Mustered Jan. 9, 1863. Mustered out Oct. 17, 1865, Sioux City, Iowa.

Maloney, Michael. Age 30. Residence Cascade, nativity Ireland. Enlisted Sept.
23, 1862. Mustered Nov. 13, 1862. Discharged April 13, 1864, Sioux City, Iowa.

Miller, Andrew. Age 38. Residence Delaware County, nativity Ireland. Enlisted
Oct. 17, 1862. Mustered Nov. 12, 1862. Mustered out Oct. 17, 1865, Sioux City,
Iowa.

Mohan, Barnard. Age 44. Residence Dubuque, nativity Ireland. Enlisted Oct. 3,
1862, as Wagoner. Mustered Nov. 14, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 7, 1865, Sioux City,
Iowa.

Nibloe, William. Age 18. Residence Cascade, nativity Ireland. Enlisted Oct. 27,
1862. Mustered Nov. 12, 1862. Mustered out Oct. 17, 1865, Sioux City, Iowa.

O'Grady, Thomas. Age 38. Residence Dubuque, nativity Ireland. Enlisted Nov. 18,
1862. Mustered Dec. 13, 1862. Discharged May 16, 1865, Sioux City, Iowa.

O'Maley, Jerry. Age 30. Residence Dubuque, nativity Ireland. Enlisted Dec. 5,
1862. Mustered Dec. 22, 1862. Discharged Jan. 8, 1865, Ft. Sully, Dak.

Reed, Thomas. Age 18. Residence Dubuque, nativity Ireland. Enlisted Oct. 6,
1862. Mustered Nov. 12, 1862. Promoted Eighth Corporal July 1, 1865. Mustered
out Oct. 17, 1865, Sioux City, Iowa.

Sloan, John. Age 25. Residence Utica, N. Y., nativity Ireland. Enlisted Oct. 9,
1862, as Sixth Corporal. Mustered Nov. 12, 1862. Promoted Fourth Corporal March
16, 1863. Mustered out Oct. 17, 1865, Sioux City, Iowa.

COMPANY "C"
Armstrong, George N. Age 27. Residence Fayette County, nativity Ireland.
Enlisted Sept. 22, 1862. Mustered Sept. 22, 1862. Mustered out Oct. 17, 1865,
Sioux City, Iowa.

Connegan, Frank. Age 43. Residence Fayette County, nativity Ireland. Enlisted
Sept. 22, 1862. Mustered Sept. 22, 1862. Mustered out Oct. 17, 1865, Sioux City,
Iowa.

Crawford, Arthur F. Age 20 Residence Fayette County, nativity Ireland. Enlisted
Sept. 22, 1862. Mustered Sept. 22, 1862. Mustered out Oct. 17, 1865, Sioux City,
Iowa.

Crawford, William F. Age 24. Residence Westfield, nativity Ireland. Enlisted
Sept. 22, 1862, as Second Sergeant. Mustered Sept. 22, 1862. Promoted Company
Commissary Sergeant Nov. 2, 1864. Mustered out Oct. 17, 1865, Sioux City, Iowa.

Hinchy, Martin. Age 43. Residence Fredericksburgh, nativity Ireland. Enlisted
Sept. 22, 1862. Mustered Sept. 22, 1862. Mustered out Oct. 17, 1865, Sioux City,
Iowa.

Nolan, Michael. Age 21. Residence Fayette County, nativity Ireland. Enlisted
Sept. 22, 1862. Mustered Sept. 22, 1862. Mustered out Oct. 17, Sioux City, Iowa.

Roach, Michael T. Age 20. Residence West Union, nativity Ireland. Enlisted Feb.
1, 1863. Mustered March 16, 1863. Mustered out Oct. 17, 1865, Sioux City, Iowa.

Roney, Patrick. Age 24. Residence Decorah, nativity Ireland. Enlisted April 1,
1864. Mustered May 2, 1864. Mustered out Oct. 17, Sioux City, Iowa Second
enlistment.

COMPANY "E"
Bren, Joseph T. Age 27. Residence Davenport, nativity Ireland. Enlisted Dec. 13,
1862. Mustered Dec. 13, 1862. Died of disease April 19, 1865, Sioux City, Iowa.

Porter, Francis J. Age 26. Residence Harrison County, nativity Ireland. Enlisted
Oct. 2, 1862, as First Sergeant. Mustered Nov. 14, 1862. Reduced to Second
Sergeant at his own request March 1, 1863. Mustered out Oct. 17, 1865, Sioux
City, Iowa.

COMPANY "F"
Fitzgerald, William. Age 23. Residence Lansing, nativity Ireland. Enlisted Sept.
29, 1862, as Eighth Corporal. Mustered Nov. 10, 1862. Wounded Sept. 3, 1863,
White Stone Hill, Dak.Mustered out Oct. 17, 1865, Sioux City, Iowa.

Ford, Patrick. Age 18. Residence Lansing, nativity Ireland. Enlisted Oct. 10,
1862. Mustered Nov. 10, 1862. Mustered out Oct. 17, 1865, Sioux City, Iowa.

Fox, George. Age 28. Residence Toledo, nativity Ireland. Enlisted Nov. 1, 1862.
Mustered Nov. 14, 1862. Discharged July 29, 1865, Ft. Randall, Dak.

Gilaspi, John. Age 44. Residence Toledo, nativity Ireland. Enlisted Oct. 19,
1862. Mustered Nov. 17, 1862. Discharged July 29, 1865, Ft. Randall, Dak.

Kilillay, John. Age 18. Residence Waukon, nativity Ireland. Enlisted Oct. 8,
1862. Mustered Nov. 10, 1862. Wounded Sept. 3, 1863, White Stone Hill, Dak.
Mustered out Oct. 17, 1865, Sioux City, Iowa.

McFaddein, Michael. Age 22. Residence Lansing, nativity Ireland. Enlisted Oct.
25, 1862. Mustered Nov. 10, 1862. Transferred to Company M, Feb. 28, 1863.

Sullivan, John. Age 18. Residence Tama County, nativity Ireland. Enlisted Nov.
1, 1862. Mustered Nov. 12, 1862. Mustered out Oct. 17, 1865, Sioux City, Iowa

Williamson, John. Age 27. Residence Lansing, nativity Ireland. Enlisted Oct. 15,
1862. Mustered Nov. 15, 1862. Mustered out Oct. 17, 1865, Sioux City, Iowa.

COMPANY "G"
Gaffney, Terrence. Age 44. Residence Barryville, nativity Ireland. Enlisted
Sept. 14, 1862. Mustered Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out June 20, 1865, Sioux City,
Iowa. See Company B. Fourth Cavalry.

Kearney, Francis. Age 40. Residence Delaware County, nativity Ireland. Enlisted
Sept. 14, 1862. Mustered Nov. 10, 1862. Mustered out Oct. PI, 1865, Sioux City,
Iowa.

COMPANY "H"
Conner, John. Age 30. Residence Cedar Rapids, nativity Ireland. Enlisted Oct.
10, 1862, as Eighth Corporal. Mustered Jan. 31, 1863. Promoted Seventh Corporal
April 7, 1863; Sixth Corporal May 6, 1863; Fifth Corporal Sept. 29, 1863; Fourth
Corporal Oct. 22, 1863; Third Corporal Aug. 1, 1865; Second Corporal Aug. 4,
1865. Mustered out Oct. 17 1865, Sioux City, Iowa.

Hickey, James. Age 21. Residence Cedar Rapids, nativity Ireland. Enlisted Sept.
18, 1862. Mustered Jan. 31, 1863. Mustered out Oct. 17, 1865, Sioux City, Iowa.

McMullen, George. Age 45. Residence Bertram, nativity Ireland. Enlisted Oct. 28,
1862. Mustered Jan. 31, 1863. Mustered out Oct. 17, 1865, Sioux City, Iowa.

Magee, John. Age 35. Residence Marion, nativity Ireland. Enlisted Oct. 10, 1862,
as Third Sergeant. Mustered Jan. 31, 1863. Promoted Second Sergeant Oct. 22,
1863. Mustered out Oct. 17, 1865, Sioux City, Iowa.

Magee, Robert. Age 37. Residence Marion, nativity Ireland. Enlisted Oct. 10,
1862. Mustered Jan. 31, 1863. Discharged for disability Nov. 5, 1864, Davenport,
Iowa.

Martin, David S. Age 30. Residence Hardin County, nativity Ireland. Enlisted
Oct. 31, 1864. Mustered Oct. 31, 1864. Mustered out Oct. 17, 1865, Sioux City,
Iowa.

Moran, John. Age 23. Residence Cedar Rapids, nativity Ireland. Enlisted Oct. 10,
1862. Mustered Jan. 31, 1863. Mustered out Oct. 17, 1865, Sioux City, Iowa.

Nicholson, Alfred J. Age 20. Residence Ft. Dodge, nativity Ireland. Enlisted
Jan. 6, 1863. Mustered Jan. 31, 1863. Wounded Aug. 8, 1864, Bad Lands, Dakota.
Mustered out Oct. 17, 1865, Sioux City, Iowa.

Norton, John W. Age 30. Residence Cedar Rapids, nativity Ireland. Enlisted Oct.
10, 1862. Mustered Jan. 31, 1863. Mustered out Oct. 17 1865, Sioux City, Iowa.

Riley, Philip. Age 26. Residence Lewistown, Pa., nativity Ireland. Enlisted Nov.
26, 1862. Mustered Jan. 28, 1863. Mustered out Oct. 17, 1865, Sioux City, Iowa.

Shannon, Patrick. Age 20. Residence Cedar Rapids, nativity Ireland. Enlisted
Oct. 10, 1862. Mustered Jan. 31, 1863 Deserted Feb. 15 1863, Davenport, Iowa.

COMPANY "I"
Dedy, Michael. Age 28. Residence Davenport, nativity Ireland. Enlisted Feb. 2,
1863. Mustered Feb. 2, 1863. Mustered out Oct. 17, 1865, Sioux City, Iowa.

Duffey, John. Age 34. Residence Iowa County, nativity Ireland. Enlisted Oct. 4,
1862. Mustered Feb. 2, 1863. Transferred to Company M, Feb. 26, 1863.

Dunn, Patrick. Age 24. Residence Iowa City, nativity Ireland. Enlisted Oct. 2,
1862. Mustered Feb. 2, 1863. Transferred to Company M, Feb. 26, 1863.

Hord, Robert. Age 25. Residence Iowa City, nativity Ireland. Enlisted Sept. 27,
1862. Mustered Feb. 2, 1863. Transferred to Company M, Feb. 26, 1863.

Hazlitt, James. Age 29. Residence McGregor, nativity Ireland. Enlisted Oct. 1,
1862. Mustered Nov. 28, 1862. Mustered out Oct. 17, 1865, Sioux City, Iowa.

Miller, James. Age 33. Residence Davenport, nativity Ireland. Enlisted Dec. 5,
1862. Mustered Feb. 2, 1863. Transferred to Company M. Re-transferred from
Company M, May 25, 1865. Promoted Farrier May 25, 1865. Mustered out Oct. 17,
1865, Sioux City, Iowa.

Quinn, John. Age 27. Residence Cedar Bluff, nativity Ireland. Enlisted Dec. 19,
1862. Mustered Feb. 2, 1863. Killed in action Aug. 28, 1864, near Fort Rice,
Dak.

Sampey, Griffiths. Age 34. Residence Shueyville, nativity Ireland. Enlisted
Sept. 25, 1862. Mustered Feb. 2, 1863. Deserted May 16, 1863, Camp Cook, Dakota.

Sullivan, Timothy. Age 34. Residence Clayton County, nativity Ireland. Enlisted
Aug. 26, 1864. Mustered Sept. 7, 1864. Mustered out Oct. 17, 1865, Sioux City,
Iowa.

COMPANY "K"
Boyd, Robert W. Age 18. Residence Marion, nativity Ireland. Enlisted Oct. 10,
1862. Mustered Oct. 10, 1862. Discharged for disability Feb. 10, 1863,
Davenport, Iowa.

Killan, Patrick. Age 24. Residence Marion, nativity Ireland. Enlisted Nov. 20,
1862. Mustered Nov. 20, 1862. Mustered out Oct. 17, 1865, Sioux City, Iowa.

COMPANY "L"
Foley, Dennis. Age 18. Residence Delaware County, nativity Ireland. Enlisted
Sept. 15, 1864. Mustered Sept. 21, 1864. Mustered out Oct. 17, 1865, Sioux City,
Iowa.

Kelly, Thomas. Age 34. Residence Clayton County, nativity Ireland. Enlisted Aug.
29, 1864. Mustered Sept. 7, 1864. Mustered out Oct. 17, 1865, Sioux City, Iowa.

Leary, Dennis. Age 44. Residence Clayton County, nativity Ireland. Enlisted Aug.
30, 1864.Mustered Aug. 30, 1864. Mustered out Oct. 17, 1865, Sioux City, Iowa.

McLaughlin, James. Age 26. Residence Springfield, nativity Ireland.. Enlisted
Oct. 3, 1864. Mustered Oct. 3, 1864. Mustered out Oct. 17, 1865, Sioux City,
Iowa

McNamara, Peter. Age 16. Residence McGregor, nativity Ireland. Enlisted Oct. 1,
1862. Mustered Nov. 12, 1862. Promoted Eighth Corporal Feb. 4, 1864; Seventh
Corporal Sept. 15, 1864; Fifth Corporal Dec. 7, 1864; Fourth Corporal May 1,
1865; Third Corporal May 16, 1865. Mustered out Oct. 17, 1865, Sioux City, Iowa.

O'Donnell, Michael. Age 24. Residence Davenport, nativity Ireland. Enlisted Nov.
1, 1862. Mustered Nov. 29, 1862. Deserted March 17, 1863, Davenport, Iowa.

Ryan, Hugh. Age 31. Residence McGregor, nativity Ireland. Enlisted Nov. 26,
1862. Mustered Dec. 23, 1862. Discharged for disability Dec. 2, 1863, Sioux
City, Iowa

...to be continued...


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


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