Biographical History of the American Irish in Chicago
Biographical History of the American Irish in Chicago
Charles Ffrench
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Later in the same year, September 10th, and chiefly that he might be entitled to call himself an American, he enlisted as a private in Company "F, " Ninth Illinois Cavalry Vol- unteers, for three years or during the war, and served as company clerk and corporal till November 1st, 1862, when he was promoted to be Regimental Sergeant Major. He held that position, serving as a good and faithful soldier, until the battle of Moscow, Tenn. , on December 4th, 1863, where he was severely wounded by a s...hot in the head, from the effects of which he has since been a sufferer. Honorably discharged, on account of wounds received in action, he left the service April 16th, 1864, leaving for his record that of a splendid soldier, one ever prompt and reliable in the execution of orders and of a courage nothing could daunt. AMERICAN IRISH IN CHICAGO. 449 In August, 1864, when the United States Government inaugu- rated the letter carrier system in Chicago, John L. Scripps, who was then postmaster, appointed Mr.
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