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County Offaly, Ferbane, Thomas Claffey

Thomas Claffey – From Ferbane, County Offaly. Served In the 13th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment during the US Civil War 1861-1865.

Thomas Claffey, a Union soldier from County Offaly, Ireland, served in the Civil War and was injured, losing his left leg. After the war, he lived as a farm laborer and entered the Milwaukee Soldiers Home in 1887. Claffey died in 1892 and was buried in Wood National Cemetery, leaving behind a family connection in Ireland.

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