Purcell, William E.; Organization Index to Pension Files of Veterans Who Served Between 1861 and 1900.
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This publication contains index cards for pension applications of veterans who served in the U.S. Army between 1861 and 1917, including wars other than the Civil War. Records are sorted by units within regiments from each state in the Union. Find a soldier by searching on his name or browse by regiment. Learn about his term of service, and use the information to request his pension record. Unique to this series of records are death dates and locations for many of the veterans who died after the war.
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William E. Purcell Residence Salem IL; Enlisted on 9/12/1861 as a Private. On 10/28/1861 he mustered into "F" Co. IL 48th Infantry He was Mustered Out on 9/14/1864 Promotions: Hospital Steward 9/12/1861 Intra Regimental Company Transfers: */12/1861 from company F to Field & Staff died in 1925 (Died at age 84 years) After the War he lived in Quincy, IL