Civil War Soldier
JAMES Fay
Offaly: Unknown Within Offaly
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Army: Union
Soldier No. 356
1 Regular Army
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Town: 12 · Regiment: 12 · State: 12 · Town+Reg: 1
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This record places JAMES Fay from Unknown Within Offaly in Union service.
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- Soldier Number
- 356
- Surname
- Fay
- First Name
- JAMES
- Alternative Name / Alias
- Unknown / not yet recorded
- Soldier No. Of Relation
- Unknown / not yet recorded
- Offaly Town / Area
- Unknown Within Offaly
- Army
- Union
- Rank
- Sergeant
- Company
- Co. A
- Regiment Number
- 1
- US State Regiment
- Regular Army
- Type Reg.
- Cavalry
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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 – 1 Regular Army Cavalry – Co. A
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Available Details
| Name | James Fay |
| Alt’ Name | Sergeant James Fay |
| Location/ Birthplace | |
| Born | 1836 |
| Baptism Record | |
| Year of Death | 3rd Dec’ 1864 Gunshot wound to head on board Transporter Baltic. |
| Grave Location | Annapolis National Cemetery Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Maryland James Fay (unknown-1864) – Find a Grave Memorial |
| US State | Missouri |
| US Residence | St. Louis |
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| Army | Union Army Union army – Wikipedia |
| Military History | On Enlistment Register in Nov 1859 at St. Louis, confirms birth place as “Kings County, Ireland”. Died 3rd Dec 1864 from gunshot wound to head. Died on board transport/hospital ship SS Baltic. A Sergeant SS Baltic (1850) – Wikipedia |
| Army Details | Co. A, 1st Cavalry Regular Army Soldier Details – The Civil War (U.S. National Park Service) Battle Unit Details – The Civil War (U.S. National Park Service) |
| Other Details | SS Baltic (1850) – Wikipedia |
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