My Great-Grandfather Michael emigrated from Ireland to the United States, and enlisted in the Union Army in Corinth, MS, 1862, and served the United States of America in the First Alabama Cavalry as a farrier. For more history on Union soldiers from the South, and the 1st Alabama Cavalry United States Volunteers, specifically, please see: http://www.1stAlabamaCavalryUSV.com
Age: 38
Birthplace: Langford, Ireland
Rank at enlistment: Private
Rank at discharge: Corporal
Company Assignment: C
12/6/1862 Enlisted, Corinth, MS
12/22/1862 Mustered In, Corinth, MS
12/17/1863 Mustered Out, Memphis, TN
My Great Grandfather, my father – a Korean War veteran of the Navy …Continue…