Civil War Soldier
HUGH Rigney
Offaly: Doon
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Army: Union
Soldier No. 482
58 Illinois
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Town: 3 · Regiment: 0 · State: 12 · Town+Reg: 0
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This record places HUGH Rigney from Doon in Union service.
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- Soldier Number
- 482
- Surname
- Rigney
- First Name
- HUGH
- Alternative Name / Alias
- Unknown / not yet recorded
- Soldier No. Of Relation
- 481 & 483
- Offaly Town / Area
- Doon
- Army
- Union
- Rank
- Quarter Master Sergeant
- Company
- Co. A
- Regiment Number
- 58
- US State Regiment
- Illinois
- Type Reg.
- Infantry
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- Mother
- Unknown / not yet recorded
- Father
- Unknown / not yet recorded
- Siblings
- Unknown / not yet recorded
- Family Connections / Other Relationship
- Unknown / not yet recorded
- Birth Year
- Unknown / not yet recorded
- Baptism Record
- Unknown / not yet recorded
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- Civil War Death Y/N
- Unknown / not yet recorded
- Battle Or Other Civil War Related Death
- Unknown / not yet recorded
- Death Year
- Unknown / not yet recorded
- Place of Death
- Unknown / not yet recorded
- State / Country Of Burial
- Unknown / not yet recorded
- Grave Site (link)
- Unknown / not yet recorded
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- Service: Union – 58 Illinois Infantry – Co. A
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From the same Offaly town / area
- PATRICK Rigney — Soldier No. 481 | Doon | 36 Illinois Cavalry | Union | d. 1895
- WILLIAM Rigney — Soldier No. 483 | Doon | To Be Confirmed N/A | Union
- THOMAS Ryan — Soldier No. 433 | Doon | 2 New Jersey Cavalry | Union
Same surname (possible family group)
- CHARLES Rigney — Soldier No. 174 | Tullamore | 4 Pennsylvania Cavalry | Union
- PATRICK Rigney — Soldier No. 481 | Doon | 36 Illinois Cavalry | Union | d. 1895
- WILLIAM Rigney — Soldier No. 483 | Doon | To Be Confirmed N/A | Union
Served in regiments from the same US state
- JAMES Burns — Soldier No. 161 | Tullamore | 44 Illinois Infantry | Union | d. 1910
- JOHN Chapman — Soldier No. 241 | Unknown Within Offaly | 3 Illinois Cavalry | Union | d. 1894
- MICHAEL Clerihan — Soldier No. 261 | Birr | 10 Illinois Infantry | Union | d. 1908
- JAMES Clerihan — Soldier No. 262 | Birr | 6 Illinois Cavalry | Union | d. 1913
- JAMES Conway — Soldier No. 31 | Birr | 90 Illinois Infantry | Union | d. 1863
- DANIEL Corcoran — Soldier No. 29 | Birr | 90 Illinois Infantry | Union | d. 1870
- JOHN Corcoran — Soldier No. 32 | Birr | 147 Illinois Infantry | Union | d. 1904
- PATRICK Corcoran — Soldier No. 33 | Birr | 90 Illinois Infantry | Union | d. 1911
- ROBERT Dudley — Soldier No. 323 | Unknown Within Offaly | 23 Illinois Infantry | Union
- JOSEPH Dunn — Soldier No. 342 | Unknown Within Offaly | 11 Illinois Cavalry | Union
- MARTIN Egan — Soldier No. 343 | Ferbane | 23 Illinois Infantry | Union
- RICHARD Glendon — Soldier No. 181 | Kilcormac | 36 Illinois Infantry | Union
Served in the same army
- NICHOLAS Allen — Soldier No. 138 | Rhode | 10 Maine Infantry | Union
- ISAAC Ardill — Soldier No. 139 | Seir Kieran | 2 New Jersey Infantry | Union | d. 1862
- CHRISTOPHER Armstrong — Soldier No. 207 | Unknown Within Offaly | Regular Army Ordnance | Union
- JOHN W Baker — Soldier No. 90 | Edenderry | 15 New York Engineers | Union | d. 1920
- JOHN Barrett — Soldier No. 157 | Tullamore | 6 Indiana Infantry | Union | d. 1888
- JAMES Barrett — Soldier No. 154 | Tullamore | 35 Indiana Infantry | Union | d. 1894
- JAMES Barry — Soldier No. 217 | Unknown Within Offaly | 3 Regular Army Artillery | Union
- WILLIAM Cowell Bayley — Soldier No. 153 | Tullamore | 25 Pennsylvania Infantry | Union | d. 1889
- MICHAEL Beggs — Soldier No. 218 | Unknown Within Offaly | 8 New Hampshire Infantry | Union | d. 1896
- WILLIAM Belton — Soldier No. 219 | Unknown Within Offaly | 3 Regular Army Artillery | Union
- COL Michael Bennett — Soldier No. 92 | Edenderry | 28 New York Infantry | Union | d. 1909
- THOMAS Bergin — Soldier No. 220 | Unknown Within Offaly | 2 Regular Army Artillery | Union
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This soldier’s regiment state: Illinois
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Available Details
| Name | Hugh Rigney |
| Alt’ Name | Hugh Rignay |
| Location/ Birthplace | Doon Doon, County Offaly – Wikipedia |
| Born | 1831 |
| Baptism Record | |
| Year of Death | |
| Grave Location | To Be Confirmed |
| US State | Illinois |
| US Residence | |
| Mother | |
| Father | |
| Other Family | Twin Brother: Patrick Rigney also Civil War Soldier Brother: William also Civil War Soldier |
| Army | Union Army Union army – Wikipedia |
| Military History | A Quarter Master Sergeant. Artillery, Quartermaster Sergeant MET DP265272 – Quartermaster sergeant – Wikipedia |
| Army Details | Co. A, 58th Illinois Infantry Soldier Details – The Civil War (U.S. National Park Service) |
| Other Details | This Soldier was a twin brother of Patrick Rigney also a Civil War Soldier on this site Roster of Field and Staff 58th Illinois Infantry |

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